Primary care in the time of COVID-19: monitoring the effect of the pandemic and the lockdown measures on 34 quality of care indicators calculated for 288 primary care practices covering about 6 million people in Catalonia

• Published in: BMC family practice Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 208 - 9
• Main Authors: Coma, Ermengol, Mora, Núria, Méndez, Leonardo, Benítez, Mència, Hermosilla, Eduardo, Fàbregas, Mireia, Fina, Francesc, Mercadé, Albert, Flayeh, Souhel, Guiriguet, Carolina, Balló, Elisabet, Martinez Leon, Nuria, Mas, Ariadna, Cordomí, Sílvia, Lejardi, Yolanda, Medina, Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.10.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Betacoronavirus; Chronic disease; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; COVID-19; COVID-19 [Supplementary Concept]; Diabetes; Epidemics; Family medicine; Female; Health Care; Humans; Immunization; Male; Medical care quality; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Pandemics - prevention & control; Patient care; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Primary care; Primary Health Care - organization & administration; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality control; Quality Indicators; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of care; Quarantine - statistics & numerical data; Quaternary Prevention; Registries; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Socioeconomic factors; Spain; Spain; Health Care; Chronic disease; Primary health care; Quaternary Prevention; Quality Indicators; COVID-19 [Supplementary Concept]; Quality Assurance, Health Care

To analyse the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the lockdown measures on the follow-up and control of chronic diseases in primary care. Retrospective study in 288 primary care practices (PCP) of the Catalan Institute of Health. We analysed the results of 34 indicators of the Healthcare quality st...