From: Healthcare utilisation for elderly people at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
Diseases | Â | (a) January 1st-July 31st, 2020 | (b) January 1st-July 31st (2017, 2018, 2019) | ||
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Mean | Standard Dev | Mean | Standard Dev | ||
Total | Number of patients per wk. | 5,128,322 | 1,103,284 | 5,201,306 | 1,010,169 |
Change in the number of patients per wk. | 0.031 | 0.278 | 0.05 | 0.313 | |
Hypertension | Number of patients per wk. | 513,163 | 22,902 | 542,579 | 40,086 |
Change in the number of patients per wk. | −0.029 | 0.156 | −0.007 | 0.108 | |
Diabetes | Number of patients per wk. | 767,402 | 34,972 | 718,213 | 59,682 |
Change in the number of patients per wk. | 0.033 | 0.164 | 0.054 | 0.116 | |
Cancer | Number of patients per wk. | 75,990 | 6133 | 54,665 | 10,238 |
Change in the number of patients per wk. | 0.178 | 0.24 | 0.221 | 0.191 | |
AURIs | Number of patients per wk. | 111,645 | 54,308 | 135,613 | 38,837 |
Change in the number of patients per wk. | −0.187 | 0.313 | 0.03 | 0.158 |