Relationship Between Social Status and Use of Healthcare Services During the Confinement Period Linked to the COVID-19 Epidemic

Retrospective Study on the Relationship Between Social Status and Use of Healthcare Services During the Confinement Period Linked to the COVID-19 Epidemic in Bas-Rhin, France

Epidemics have always affected the most disadvantaged social categories more intensely. This social inequality is expressed in the use of care and emergencies: greater frequency but also greater seriousness. Our hypothesis is that, during a period of confinement, the most disadvantaged populations are more affected by the COVID-19 infection than the rest of the population. The number of remedies is greater, as is the severity of the forms of infection.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female aged 18 or over
• Calling center 15 from March 17 at noon and until the end of the confinement period (May 31, 2020) for one of the following reasons that may be related to COVID-19: cough, fever, rhinitis, diarrhea, pain thoracic, odynophagia, diarrhea, anosmia, ageusia, whose calling address belongs to Bas-Rhin Or
• Supported (consultation or hospitalization) at the HUS for a COVID-19 infection and included in the COVID-HUS base and residing in the Bas-Rhin.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient under the protection of justice
• Patient under guardianship, curatorship
• Patient taken care of at the screening center