The Negative Impact of the New Coronavirus Pandemic on the Trend of Breast Biopsies and Their Direct Costs: Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

Value Health Reg Issues · 2023 · PMC9928534 · PMID 36796115

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an increasing trendP < .001actually significant

Results From 2017 to 2021, there was an increase in the number of Brazilian women from 105.2 to 108.2 million, with an increasing trend (APC 0.7%; P < .001).

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a decreasing trendP = .025actually significant

At the beginning of the pandemic, there was a decreasing trend of breast biopsies (MPC −23.0%: P = .025; duration 3 months), followed by 5 months with an increasing trend (MPC 17.0%; P = .007), and another period of the stationary trend until July 2021, similar to that observed in BI-RADS IV to V mammograms.

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