Americans are avoiding hospitals and clinics, even when they shouldn’t be. Experts expect a jump in preventable diseases after the pandemic eases.
found that 79% of cancer patients in treatment had experienced delays in care, including 17% who saw delays in chemotherapy or radiation therapy.“Many screening facilities were shuttered, while people were afraid to go to the ones that were open for fear of contracting COVID,” said Dr. William Cance, chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society.
Dimitri Timm, a 43-year-old loan officer from Watsonville, Calif., began feeling stomach pain in mid-June. He called his doctor, who suspected the coronavirus and directed Timm to an urgent care facility that handled suspected COVID-19 patients. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Assn. have launched campaigns to get patients to seek urgent care and continue routine appointments.
The healthcare system’s ability to handle it all is “going to be tested,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, an advocacy group.But some patients who stay at home may actually be avoiding doctors because they don’t need care. Yale University cardiologist and researcher Dr. Harlan Krumholz believes the pandemic could be reducing stress for some heart patients, thus reducing heart attacks and strokes.
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