Health Care Utilization
Conditions
Keywords
foregone care, postponed care, covid19, confinement
Brief summary
The project US3R is a general population survey that will measure the magnitude of utilised, postponed and foregone medical care in relation with other health care needs than coronavirus symptoms during the confinement period in Belgium. The study aims to describe the magnitude of unsatisfied health care needs for various types of care. It will also identify the reasons for these postponed and foregone care according to gender, health and socioeconomic status.
Detailed description
Context: Belgium has put in place confinement measures on March 13th 2020 with the aim to reduce contagion related to Covid19 in the population and manage the number of patients to be treated in the hospital. However, some weeks after those confinement measures, health care professionals are worry about other patients than Covid19 since they have observed a significantly lower use of emergency services, cancellations of screening appointments, interrupted health care in patients with chronic conditions, disabilities, or mental health disorders. Objectives: to collect data on used, postponed and foregone medical care related to other health care needs than Covid19 during the confinement period in Belgium; to measure the magnitude of unsatisfied health care needs for various types of care; to identify the reasons explained postponed and foregone care Methods : the survey is made of about 50 questions collecting self-reported data on health care use and non-use for various types of care along with demographics, socioeconomics and health status characteristics during the confinement period . Data will be analysed with Stata 15 using statistical tests and regression models. Participants are collected via social media platforms and institutionnal mailing, and Belgian newspapers.
Interventions
OTHEROnline questionnaire
this is an online questionnaire collecting retrospective data on health care use and non-use
Sponsors
Université Catholique de Louvain
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This is an online survey completed by participants willing to take part
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* living in Belgium * more than 18
Exclusion criteria
* living outside Belgium * less than 18
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health care use | throughout the whole study, assessed up to 18 months | Number of person reporting that they used health care during confinement (yes/no) |
| Postponed heath care use | throughout the whole study, assessed up to 18 months | Self-reported postponed health care use (yes/no) |
| Foregone health care use | throughout the whole study, assessed up to 18 months | Self-reported foregone health care use (yes/no) |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed