Health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China

OBJECTIVES: To assess the status of health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China and to evaluate the regional difference of telehealth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals in China mainland du...

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Autores principales: Yang, Yang, Zhou, Yin, Liu, Xiaoqiang, Tan, Jianguo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32246280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-020-03267-8
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Zhou, Yin
Liu, Xiaoqiang
Tan, Jianguo
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description OBJECTIVES: To assess the status of health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China and to evaluate the regional difference of telehealth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals in China mainland during the COVID-19 epidemic was inquired. The status of non-emergency dental services, emergency dental services, and online professional consultation and the hospitals’ geographical distribution were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS: All the 48 public tertiary dental hospitals suspended general non-emergency dental treatment while providing emergency dental services only. Ninety percent of them notified the change of dental services online, and 69% of them offered free online professional consultations. The penetration rate of online technology was significantly higher in the eastern region than that of the central and western regions. CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant change in the health service provision of Chinese public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic and wider use of telehealth in the eastern region. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This report demonstrated that dental health services were significantly affected by the COVID-19 epidemic in China, which might lead to a long-time impact on dental care in the future.
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spelling pubmed-71182092020-04-03 Health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China Yang, Yang Zhou, Yin Liu, Xiaoqiang Tan, Jianguo Clin Oral Investig Short Communication OBJECTIVES: To assess the status of health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China and to evaluate the regional difference of telehealth. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The health services provision of public tertiary dental hospitals in China mainland during the COVID-19 epidemic was inquired. The status of non-emergency dental services, emergency dental services, and online professional consultation and the hospitals’ geographical distribution were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS: All the 48 public tertiary dental hospitals suspended general non-emergency dental treatment while providing emergency dental services only. Ninety percent of them notified the change of dental services online, and 69% of them offered free online professional consultations. The penetration rate of online technology was significantly higher in the eastern region than that of the central and western regions. CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant change in the health service provision of Chinese public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic and wider use of telehealth in the eastern region. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This report demonstrated that dental health services were significantly affected by the COVID-19 epidemic in China, which might lead to a long-time impact on dental care in the future. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-04-03 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7118209/ /pubmed/32246280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-020-03267-8 Text en © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_fullStr Health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China
title_full_unstemmed Health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China
title_short Health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in China
title_sort health services provision of 48 public tertiary dental hospitals during the covid-19 epidemic in china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32246280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-020-03267-8
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