Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on outpatient care for non-communicable diseases in Nepal
We estimated that the nationwide lockdown implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic affected hospital visits for patients with CVD and cancer. However, the available evidence was not conclusive enough to determine the impact of COVID-19 on outpatient department visits for the other NCDs analysed, namely HTN, CRD, and CKD.
Authors
- Pradip Gynawali
- Umesh Raj Aryal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1809-4071)
- Rajina Shakya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-702X)
- Dinesh Bhandari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0979-1406)
- Meghnath Dhimal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-7821)
- P. K. Joshi
Institutions
- Nepal Health Research Council (NP)
- Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (NP)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf100
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00