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The Effect of CoViD-19 Pandemic on the Hospitalization of a Department of Oncology of an Italian Hospital

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Biomedical and Computational Biology (BECB 2022)

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In the last years, the entire world has been affected by the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, that represents the etiologic agent of Coronavirus disease 2019 (CoViD-19), which degenerated into a global pandemic in 2020. CoViD-19 has also had a strong impact on cancer patients. Our analysis has been performed at the Department of Oncology of the AORN “Cardarelli” in Naples, collecting data from all patients who had access in 2019–2020. We aim to understand how CoViD-19 affected hospital admissions. The statistical analysis showed that between 2019 and 2020 there was an increase in urgent hospitalizations and a decrease in scheduled hospitalization, probably to decrease the risk of infection, particularly in this category of susceptible patients. Indeed, as recommended by the European Society of Medical Oncology, during the pandemic, it was necessary to reorganize healthcare activities, ensure adequate care for patients infected with CoViD-19. Therefore telemedicine services were implemented and clinic visits were reduced.

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    Emma Montella, Marta Rosaria Marino, Miriam Rita Castorina, Sara Ranucci & Maria Triassi

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  3. Interdepartmental Center for Research in Healthcare Management and Innovation in Healthcare (CIRMIS), University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

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Montella, E. et al. (2023). The Effect of CoViD-19 Pandemic on the Hospitalization of a Department of Oncology of an Italian Hospital. In: Wen, S., Yang, C. (eds) Biomedical and Computational Biology. BECB 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13637. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25191-7_28

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