A consultation for the care of a patient with Covid-19 (illustration).

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Clément Carpentier / 20 Minutes

  • Due to the coronavirus epidemic, many non-urgent care has been deprogrammed.

  • In Hauts-de-France, a study shows that 45% of those questioned have suffered a cancellation of treatment.

  • There is an impact on the morale of patients, but a third denounce an impact on their health.

Collateral cancellations.

What we do know is that the health services had to free up space where they could to deal with the coronavirus epidemic.

Health measures, particularly confinements, had the effect of deprogramming many treatments that were not considered urgent.

Patients have also canceled or postponed care on their own initiative.

France assos santé, a structure bringing together approved associations of users of the health system, was able to quantify these cancellations of care thanks to a survey.

The survey was carried out in December among 800 people aged over 18 and residing in Hauts-de-France.

As a result, 45% of those polled "declared having had canceled care" since the start of the coronavirus crisis.

De facto cancellations within the framework of deprogramming but also linked to a renunciation on the part of the people questioned.

An impact on morale and health

However, it is indeed “deprogramming by health professionals” which constitutes the largest share of cancellations of care, 35% according to the study.

These are consultations or planned interventions that have been postponed or completely canceled.

Even if urgent care or interventions were maintained, the deprogramming of “minor” care affected the respondents.

Four in ten say it had an “impact on their morale” and one in three on their “physical health”.

Nearly half (44%) of people who have undergone a deprogramming of care also affirm that the planned intervention could not be rescheduled until "several months later".

Last edifying information from this study: it turns out that the deprogramming and renouncing of care affect more particularly rural areas.

In the Aisne for example, the renunciation of care linked to the unavailability of health professionals exceeds the national average by 9%.

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