Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of medical and dental services in Taiwan: A cohort study

• Ya-Ling Lee,
• Hsiao-Yun Hu,
• Yung-Feng Yen,
• Dachen Chu,
• Nan-Ping Yang,
• Sin-Yi Chou,
• Shu-Yi Lin,
• Chao-Mei Chu,
• Sheng-Jean Huang

Affiliations

Ya-Ling Lee

Department of Dentistry, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Dentistry, Taipei City Hospital, No. 145, Zhengzhou Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei, 10341, Taiwan.

Hsiao-Yun Hu

University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, No. 155, Sec. 2, LiNong Street, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.

Yung-Feng Yen

Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Section of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

Dachen Chu

Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Nan-Ping Yang

Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hualien Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Hualien, Taiwan

Sin-Yi Chou

Department of Dentistry, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Yi Lin

Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-Mei Chu

Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Affairs, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Sheng-Jean Huang

Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Surgery, Medical College, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan