TY - JOUR T1 - The COVID-19 Pandemic in Nijmegen, the Netherlands: Changes in Presented Health Problems and Demand for Primary Care JF - The Annals of Family Medicine JO - Ann Fam Med SP - 44 LP - 47 DO - 10.1370/afm.2625 VL - 19 IS - 1 AU - Henk Schers AU - Chris van Weel AU - Kees van Boven AU - Reinier Akkermans AU - Erik Bischoff AU - Tim olde Hartman Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://www.annfammed.org/content/19/1/44.abstract N2 - We studied the changes in presented health problems and demand for primary care since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Netherlands. We analyzed prominent symptom features of COVID-19, and COVID-19 itself as the reason for encounter. Also, we analyzed the number and type of encounters for common important health problems. Respiratory tract symptoms related to COVID-19 were presented more often in 2020 than in 2019. We observed a dramatic increase of telephone/e-mail/Internet consultations in the months after the outbreak. Contacts for other health problems such as prevention and acute and chronic conditions plummeted substantially (P <0.001); mental health problems stabilized. ER -