Oral antiviral utilisation among older adults with COVID-19 in primary care: A population-wide study during successive Omicron waves in Singapore

Ann Acad Med Singap. 2024 Feb 28;53(2):117-120. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023297.

Authors

Ren Ying Tan¹, Borame Dickens², Joyce Tan¹, Ching Li Lee¹, Betty Wong¹, Ruth Lim¹, Kelvin Bryan Tan^{1

2

3

4}, Liang En Wee^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Health, Singapore.
² Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
³ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.
⁴ Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

PMID: 38920236
DOI: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023297

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; nirmatrelvir; oral antiviral treatment uptake; primary care; socioeconomic status.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antiviral Agents* / therapeutic use
COVID-19 Drug Treatment*
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Primary Health Care*
SARS-CoV-2
Singapore / epidemiology

Substances

Antiviral Agents