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. 2020 Oct;7(5):653-656.
doi: 10.1177/2374373520964045. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

Patient Experience of Obstetric Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results From a Recurring National Survey

Dani Bradley  1 , Arianna Blaine  1 , Neel Shah  2 , Ateev Mehrotra  2 , Rahul Gupta  3 , Adam Wolfberg  4
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Patient Experience of Obstetric Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results From a Recurring National Survey

Dani Bradley et al. J Patient Exp. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

The experience of pregnant and postpartum patients continues to evolve during the COVID-19 pandemic. Limited clinical data and the unknown nature of the virus' impact and transmission routes have forced constant changes to traditional care delivery. Dependence on telehealth technology such as telephonic and videoconferencing has surged, and patients' willingness to visit traditional health care facilities has plummeted. We set out to create an ongoing surveillance system to monitor changes to prenatal and obstetric care and the patient experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; patient expectations; survey data; telehealth; women’s health.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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