Impact on health and provision of healthcare services during the COVID-19 lockdown in India: a multicentre cross-sectional study

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Authors

Rajiv Raman · Sankara Nethralaya

Ramachandran Rajalakshmi · Madras Diabetes Research Foundation

Janani Surya · Sankara Nethralaya

Radha Ramakrishnan · University College London

Sobha Sivaprasad · Moorfields Eye Hospital

Dolores M. Conroy · University College London

Jitendra Pal Thethi

Abstract

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on health and healthcare was negative. The exaggeration of income inequality during lockdown can be expected to extend the negative impacts beyond the lockdown.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Health disparities and outcomes Global Health Care Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ Open

Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. e043590-e043590

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043590

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