Primary care management of Covid-19 pneumonia in the Province of Modena in the early phases of the pandemic: data integration from MAGMA study. Retrospective study on patients affected of Covid-19 and followed by General Practitioner from March 2020 to April 2021. 5340 patients were studied, 27% of them developed pneumoniae.
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December 2023
Background: Most symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections produce mild to moderate symptoms. Although most patients are managed in the outpatient setting, little is known about the effect of general practitioners' (GP) management strategies on the outcomes of COVID-19 outpatients in Italy.
Objectives: Describe the management of Italian GPs of SARS-CoV-2 infected adult patients and explore whether GP active care and monitoring are associated with reducing hospitalisation and death.