JAMA: Changes in Health Services Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  1. The number of colonoscopies declined by 44% in March 2020; and by 93% in April 2020
  2. Privately insured adults had 42% fewer mammograms in March 2020
  3. and 90% fewer in April 2020
  4. Those with private insurance had 91% fewer cataract procedures in April 2020
  5. The number of hemoglobin A1C tests - a primary method of testing for diabetes - fell by 69% in April 2020
  6. Magnetic resonance imaging scans dropped by 63%
  7. Routine vaccinations declined by 23%
  8. Hemotherapy treatments and angioplasty procedures decreased by just over 7% and 33%
  9. respectively.
  10. In-person office visits to healthcare providers declined by 25% in March 2020; and by 68% in April 2020
Notes: Compared to the same months in 2019

Source: JAMA: Changes in Health Services Use Among Commercially Insured US Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2772537?utm_source…

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