Delay or avoidance of routine, urgent and emergency medical care due to concerns about COVID-19 in a region with low COVID-19 prevalence: Victoria, Australia

Mark É Czeisler; Jessica L Kennedy; Joshua F Wiley; Elise R Facer-Childs; Rebecca Robbins; Laura K Barger; Charles A Czeisler; Shantha M W Rajaratnam; Mark E Howard

doi:10.1111/resp.14094

Delay or avoidance of routine, urgent and emergency medical care due to concerns about COVID-19 in a region with low COVID-19 prevalence: Victoria, Australia

Respirology. 2021 Jul;26(7):707-712. doi: 10.1111/resp.14094. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

Authors

Mark É Czeisler^{1

2

3}, Jessica L Kennedy^{2

4}, Joshua F Wiley¹, Elise R Facer-Childs¹, Rebecca Robbins^{5

6

7}, Laura K Barger^{5

6

7}, Charles A Czeisler^{1

5

6

7}, Shantha M W Rajaratnam^{1

2

5

6

7}, Mark E Howard^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Keywords: Australia; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus disease; emergency medical services.

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