Authors
Naomi J Fulop, Holly Walton, Nadia Crellin, Theo Georghiou, Lauren Herlitz, Ian Litchfield, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Manbinder Sidhu, Sonila M Tomini, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Jo Ellins, Stephen Morris, Pei Li Ng
Publication date
2023/7
Book
A rapid mixed-methods evaluation of remote home monitoring models during the COVID-19 pandemic in England
Publisher
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Description
Background
In December 2019, a new form of coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in Wuhan in China. 1 The SARS-CoV-2 virus causes an infectious disease, which is referred to as ‘COVID-19’. 2 In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak to be a ‘public health emergency of international concern’. 3 COVID-19 has been responsible for millions of deaths and hospitalisations worldwide. 4 The WHO has reported that, globally, there have been 761,071,826 confirmed cases and 6, 879,677 deaths (as of 22 March 2023). 5 COVID-19 cases have continued to fluctuate since January 2020. For example, since January 2020, England alone has experienced three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (wave 1: March to May 2020, wave 2: October 2020 to February 2021, wave 3: began in July 2021 but has been complex to track and is …
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