The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare booking and cancellation patterns: time series analysis of private healthcare service utilisation in Finland

• Main Authors: Oskar Niemenoja (Author), Antti-Jussi Ämmälä (Author), Sari Riihijärvi (Author), Paul Lillrank (Author), Petri Bono (Author), Simo Taimela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background COVID-19 has had wide-reaching effects on healthcare services beyond the direct treatment of the pandemic. Most current studies have reported changes in realised service usage, but the dynamics of how patients engage with healthcare services are less well understood. We analysed...