Deterioro del sistema sanitario a causa de COVID-19: Una revisión sistemática

Abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction: Covid-19 outbreak has showed the imminent deterioration of the health care system, which has led to the reorganization of hospital and community action in order to increase hospital resources and cover the care of patients affected by this pathology, decreasing in promotion and prevention of other types of pathologies, resulting in an increase in the deterioration of the health care system worldwide. Objective: To systematize the available scientific evidence on the deterioration of the health system due to Covid-19. Methodology: The systematic review study was conducted through the interpretation of full open access scientific articles, Spanish and English publications, between 2017 and 2021 with the use of the Prisma method and the search engines Scopus, Google Scholar and Virtual Health Library. Twenty articles were selected obtaining as a result five categories of analysis. Results: The increase in patient demand due to Covid-19 has generated worldwide concern, resulting in the growth of the deterioration of the health system, significantly reducing the attention and priority of the rest of existing diseases, especially patients with chronic diseases. Conclusion: The precarious reality of the health system is public knowledge and its causes are well known, which has been affected, even more with the appearance of Covid-19, causing the reorientation of the health system in a 100%, reaching in a satisfactory way to bring the world health attention afloat. Keywords: hurt, health system, covid-19.