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. 2021 Mar 24;9:100122. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100122

Table 3.

Estimated relative change in health care services utilization indicators in hospital and THC due to SARS-COV-2 outbreak, stratified by HDI groups+ and treatment settings.

Jan-2020
Initial Pandemic period
 Feb-2020
Pandemic period
 Mar-2020
Initial Reopening Period
 April-2020
Initial Reopening Period
 May-2020
Initial Reopening Period
 June-2020
Initial Reopening Period
IRR1
(95% CI)		 IRR Ratio1 (95% CI) IRR1
(95% CI)		 IRR Ratio1 (95% CI) IRR1
(95% CI)		 IRR Ratio1 (95% CI) IRR1
(95% CI)		 IRR Ratio1 (95% CI) IRR1
(95% CI)		 IRR Ratio1 (95% CI) IRR1
(95% CI)		 IRR Ratio1 (95% CI)
Number of visits2
Overall .99
(.96, 1.04)		 .49
(.47, .50)		 .66
(.65, .67)		 .78
(.76, .80)		 .83
(.82, .84)		 .89
(.88, .91)
Low HDI (REF) 1.08
(1.04, 1.14)		 .60
(.57, .62)		 .79
(.76, .83)		 .88
(.84, .92)		 .90
(.86, .94)		 .97
(.93, 1.01)
Middle HDI 1.00
(.96, 1.04)		 .92
(.87, .97)		 .48
(.46, .50)		 .81
(.76, .85)		 .68
(.65, .70)		 .85
(.81, .90)		 .80
(.77, .83)		 .91
(.86, .96)		 .81
(.78, .85)		 .90
(.86, .96)		 .89
(.85, .92)		 .92
(0.87, .97)
High HDI 1.00
(.94, 1.06)		 .92
(0,96, .99)		 .45
(.42, .47)		 .75
(.70, .81)		 .58
(.55, .62)		 .74
(.69, .79)		 .72
(68, .77)		 .82
(.77, .89)		 .77
(.73, .82)		 .86
(.80, .92)		 .85
(.80, .90)		 .87
(.81, .94)
Inpatients discharged3
Overall .96
(.92, 1.01)		 .51
(.49, .53)		 .65
(.64, .66)		 .81
(.79, .83)		 .85
(.83, .87)		 .92
(.90, .94)
Low HDI (REF) 1.07
(1.01, 1.14)		 .57
(.54, .61)		 .75
(.71, .80)		 .88
(.83, .94)		 .98
(.92, 1.04)		 1.07
(1.01, 1.14)
Middle HDI .97
(.92, 1.02)		 .90
(.84, .97)		 .49
(.47, .52)		 .86
(.80, .93)		 .63
(.59, .66)		 .83
(.77, .90)		 .81
(.77, .85)		 .92
(.85, .99)		 .76
(.72, .80)		 .77
(.72, .84)		 .82
(.78, .86)		 .76
(.71, .83)
High HDI .99
(.91, 1.07)		 .92
(.84, 1.01)		 .47
(.44, .51)		 .83
(.75, .91)		 .57
(.53, .62)		 .76
(.69, .84)		 .77
(.71, .83)		 .87
(.79, .96)		 .76
(.70, .83)		 .78
(.71, .86)		 .84
(.78, .91)		 .79
(.71, .87)
1

Derived from negative binomial regression model, adjusting for fixed-effect variable for calendar month, spring festival and catchment population, random intercepts and slopes by province.

2

Number of visits in hospitals and township health centers.

3

Inpatients discharged from hospitals and township health centers.

+

HDI high: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Zhejiang; HDI middle: Shandong, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Fujian, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hebei, Henan, Jiangxi; HDI low: Ningxia, Anhui, Sichuan, Guangxi, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Guizhou, Yunnan.