Table 4.
Collateral damage
| Israeli respondents | Entire cohort | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| A patient with a fever caused by an infection other than COVID-19 was seen late due to the fact the COVID-19 protocol was followed which delayed the care | |||||
| Yes | 55 | 71.4 | 1,212 | 41.4 | < 0.001 |
| No | 22 | 28.6 | 1,718 | 58.6 | |
| Total | 77 | 2,930 | |||
| Missing | 17 | 3,031 | |||
| A patient with an urgent condition was seen late because he/she did not come to the practice sooner | |||||
| Yes | 53 | 76.8 | 1,768 | 59.9 | 0.005 |
| No | 16 | 23.2 | 1,183 | 40.1 | |
| Total | 69 | 2,951 | |||
| Missing | 25 | 3,010 | |||
| A patient with a serious condition was seen late because he/she did not know how to call on a GP | |||||
| Yes | 31 | 46.3 | 729 | 27.2 | 0.001 |
| No | 36 | 53.7 | 1,955 | 72.8 | |
| Total | 67 | 2,684 | |||
| Missing | 27 | 3,277 | |||
| A patient with an urgent condition was seen late, because the situation was assessed as non-urgent during the telephone triage | |||||
| Yes | 15 | 27.3 | 546 | 20 | 0.184 |
| No | 40 | 72.7 | 2,183 | 80 | |
| Total | 55 | 2,729 | |||
| Missing | 39 | 3,232 | |||
| A patient with an urgent condition other than COVID-19 was assessed incorrectly during the triage procedure | |||||
| Yes | 17 | 32.7 | 763 | 29.1 | 0.573 |
| No | 35 | 67.3 | 1,859 | 70.9 | |
| Total | 52 | 2,622 | |||
| Missing | 42 | 3,339 | |||
The Israeli and the entire cohort responses to questions regarding delays in diagnosis and treatment of non-COVID health problems during the pandemic