The Indirect Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mortality, Complications, and Healthcare Utilization Among Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Hong Kong: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

J Evid Based Med · 2025 · PMC12122904 · PMID 40442886

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Results Among 587,049 patients with CRD, all‐cause mortality had an increasing trend during the post‐initial COVID‐19 pandemic period (incidence rate ratio (95% CI): 1.019 (1.005, 1.034); p = 0.007), compared with pre‐COVID‐19 pandemic period.

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