Brief report
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis of respiratory diseases in the Northern Metropolitan Area in Barcelona (Spain)
Impacto de la pandemia por COVID-19 en los diagnósticos respiratorios en el Área Metropolitana Norte de Barcelona (España)
Ignasi Garcia-Olivea,b,c,
, Francesc Lopez Seguíd,e, Guillem Hernandez Guillametd,e, Josep Vidal-Alaballf,g,h, Jorge Abada,b,c, Antoni Rosella,b,c
Corresponding author
a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
b Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
c Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
d Directorate for Innovation and Interdisciplinary Cooperation, North Metropolitan Territorial Authority, Catalan Institute of Health, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
e Center for Research in Economy and Health, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
f Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerencia Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain
g Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundacio Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain
h Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Barcelona, Spain
