在黎巴嫩危机和大流行期间的眼科工作量
Zahi Wehbi1, Malak Halawy1, Bahaa Noureddin1
1Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Middle East African journal of ophthalmology
|March 4, 2024
概括
黎巴嫩经济危机,COVID-19封锁和贝鲁特港口爆炸严重影响了眼科的访问,儿童/神经眼科受影响最大. 然而,眼镜塑料的工作量保持稳定.
科学领域:
- 眼科工作负载分析分析.
- 公共卫生危机影响评估
- 医疗保健系统的弹性 医疗保健系统的弹性
背景情况:
- 黎巴嫩经济危机给医疗保健系统带来了前所未有的挑战.
- COVID-19大流行和贝鲁特港口爆炸进一步加剧了这种情况.
- 了解对眼科等专业医疗服务的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估黎巴嫩经济危机对眼科工作量的影响.
- 评估COVID-19封锁和贝鲁特港口爆炸对患者访问的影响.
- 确定受这些并发事件影响最大和最小的子专业.
主要方法:
- 对102,810次完成的眼科诊所访问进行了回顾性分析.
- 2019年至2021年间从贝鲁特美国大学医学中心收集的数据.
- 通过比较三个不同年份的患者访问参数.
主要成果:
- 在2019年至2020年期间,眼科的总体诊断减少了15.3%.
- 在视网膜/膜炎和玻璃眼/前段诊所观察到显著下降.
- 眼镜塑料的工作量呈现出日益增长的趋势,在贝鲁特爆炸后保持稳定,而其他子专业在疫情封锁期间出现了显著下降.
结论:
- 黎巴嫩的经济危机,加上大流行病,严重影响了大多数子专业的眼科工作量.
- 儿科/神经眼科是疫情期间受影响最严重的子专业.
- 眼镜塑料成为受影响最少的子专业,表现出弹性.
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