Mitigate risks of medication interruption due to COVID‐19 for elderly with chronic diseases

Physicians can issue 3‐month or longer refill prescriptions for patients with chronic diseases; there are currently 100 types of chronic diseases.2 COVID‐19 virus can be transmitted to others within minutes of exposure and mortality rate among elderly with chronic diseases is higher than for other a...

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Published in:The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences 2020-08, Vol.36 (8), p.661-662
Main Authors: Hsiao, Shih‐Huai, Chang, Hsiu‐Mei, Kang, Ya‐Ting, Chen, Yen‐Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chronic Disease - drug therapy
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Clinics
Correspondence
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Disease transmission
Drug Prescriptions
Drug stores
Epidemics
Hospitals
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
National health insurance
Pharmacies
Physicians
Prescription drugs
Risk Reduction Behavior
SARS-CoV-2 - physiology
Withholding Treatment
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Summary:Physicians can issue 3‐month or longer refill prescriptions for patients with chronic diseases; there are currently 100 types of chronic diseases.2 COVID‐19 virus can be transmitted to others within minutes of exposure and mortality rate among elderly with chronic diseases is higher than for other age groups.3-5 It is important to ensure mitigation risk of COVID‐19 virus infecting the elderly who visit the hospital for refill prescription; it also has an impact on whether patients are willing to come back to the hospital where they got the prescription for long‐term treatment. The elderly still went to the hospital and waited for the medicines. Since COVID‐19 outbreak, the rate of patients with prescriptions for chronic diseases returning for medicines shows a downward trend. Out of concern over infection by COVID‐19 patients in hospital, elderly patients with prescriptions for chronic diseases stopped coming back to the hospital for medicines, causing medication interruption, resulting in further risks of change in medical conditions. [...]KMTTH set up “outdoor dispensary counters for fast drug receipt” on February 25, 2020 in well‐ventilated locations outside the hospital.
ISSN:1607-551X
2410-8650
DOI:10.1002/kjm2.12263