Outpatient hospital attendances in people with rheumatoid arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a cohort study in three nations of the UK

For the first time, we compared healthcare use across three UK nations and found rheumatology outpatient appointments had not recovered to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, particularly in Scotland and England.

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Lara D. Veeken
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2025-10-21
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https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf559
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COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
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Abstract

For the first time, we compared healthcare use across three UK nations and found rheumatology outpatient appointments had not recovered to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, particularly in Scotland and England.

Lara D. VeekenVol. 65(1)
University of London (GB), University of Aberdeen (GB), Angkor Hospital for Children (KH), Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB), Swansea University (GB), University of Oxford (GB), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB), Arthritis UK (GB)
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