Publications by authors named "F Stigler"
Background: Many countries are facing a shortage and misallocation of general practitioners (GPs). The development of a policy response may benefit from the knowledge of worldwide policies that have been adopted and recommended to counteract such a development.
Aim: To identify measures proposed or taken internationally to prevent GP shortages.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the trend of reported case fatality rate (rCFR) of COVID-19 over time, using globally reported COVID-19 cases and mortality data. We collected daily COVID-19 diagnoses and mortality data from the WHO's daily situation reports dated January 1 to December 31, 2020. We performed three time-series models [simple exponential smoothing, auto-regressive integrated moving average, and automatic forecasting time-series (Prophet)] to identify the global trend of rCFR for COVID-19.
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- Lockdown measures were implemented globally to control COVID-19, but the term lacks a clear definition, prompting a proposed framework to categorize these measures based on their compulsory/voluntary nature and whether they target individuals or the general population.
- The study examines lockdowns in nine sub-Saharan African countries, revealing variations in how these measures were designed, timed, and implemented, despite some common strategies.
- Testing rates and reported COVID-19 deaths varied significantly across these nations, with lockdowns potentially limiting transmission but also leading to negative consequences for health systems and socioeconomic conditions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has modified organisation and processes of primary care. In this paper, we aim to summarise experiences of international primary care systems. We explored personal accounts and findings in reporting on the early experiences from primary care during the pandemic, through the online During the early stage of the pandemic, primary care continued as the first point of contact to the health system but was poorly informed by policy makers on how to fulfil its role and ill equipped to provide care while protecting staff and patients against further spread of the infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody tests of varying specificity and sensitivity are now available. For informing individuals whether they have had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), they need to be very accurate. For measuring population prevalence of past infection, the numbers of false positives and negatives need to be roughly equal.
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