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The clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID: Identification and changes in healthcare while self-isolating (shielding) during the coronavirus pandemic

2021-09-13

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> In March 2020, the government of Scotland identified people deemed clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID due to their pre-existing health conditions. These people were advised to strictly self-isolate (shield) at the start of the pandemic, except for necessary healthcare. We examined who was identified as clinically extremely vulnerable, how their healthcare changed during...

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Literature Corpus work: 856ed1db-bc4d-5062-9d7a-a3d10c4e6e39
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.09.21263026

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