COVID-19 pandemic and waiting times in outpatient specialist care in Germany: an empirical analysis

Abstract Background International healthcare systems face the challenge that waiting times may create barriers to accessing medical care, and that those barriers are unequally distributed between different patient groups. The disruption of healthcare systems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could exa...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Muschol, Christian Gissel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07094-9