Open AccessCOVID-19 and the digestive system: implications for transforming care delivery
Author(s) -
Javier A. Cienfuegos,
Enrique Pérez-Cuadrado
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.7774/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , health care , healthcare system , health care delivery , population , environmental health , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , virology , economic growth , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak , economics
The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has posed an unprecedented challenge to health systems, leading in many countries to the collapse of health care and a lack of preventive measures both for the most vulnerable sections of the population and among healthcare professionals.