Medical resource usage for COVID-19 evaluated using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan

• Published in: PLOS ONE Vol. 19; no. 5; p. e0303493
• Main Authors: Fukuyama, Keita, Mori, Yukiko, Ueshima, Hiroaki, Ito, Shiho, Tanabe, Masaki, Kuroda, Tomohiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science (PLoS) 13.05.2024; Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biology and Life Sciences; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Databases, Factual; Female; Global health; Health care; Health care industry; Health insurance; Health Resources; Health services; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infectious diseases; Insurance; Insurance Claim Review; Insurance, Health; International economic relations; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Medical electronics; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Older people; Pandemics; Patients; People and Places; Public health; Q; R; Research Article; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Science; Social Sciences; Viral diseases; Viral infections; World health; Young Adult; Japan

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic exhibited several different waves threatening global health care. During this pandemic, medical resources were depleted. However, the kind of medical resources provided to each wave was not clarified. This study aimed to examine the characteristics of...