Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Study Finds Patients Defer Routine Health Care During Pandemic
July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 30 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
During February and March at two large academic medical centers in Nashville and Boston, screening for high cholesterol and high blood sugar dropped 81-90% and initiation of drug therapy for these conditions dropped 52-60%.
These figures are from a brief paper (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359916/) in General Internal Medicine by Adam Wright, PhD, professor . . .
During February and March at two large academic medical centers in Nashville and Boston, screening for high cholesterol and high blood sugar dropped 81-90% and initiation of drug therapy for these conditions dropped 52-60%.
These figures are from a brief paper (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359916/) in General Internal Medicine by Adam Wright, PhD, professor . . .