Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 2020 Sep;35(5):1009-1013. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3031. Epub 2020 Aug 3.
Having an accurate account of the number of national COVID-19 cases is essential for understanding the national and global burden of the disease and managing COVID-19 prevention and control efforts. There is also substantial under-reporting of COVID-19 cases and deaths in many countries. In this article, the COVID-19 under-reporting problem in Turkey is addressed, and examples and reasons for the under-reporting are discussed.
准确掌握国家 COVID-19 病例数量对于了解疾病的国家和全球负担以及管理 COVID-19 防控工作至关重要。许多国家还存在大量 COVID-19 病例和死亡漏报的情况。本文讨论了土耳其 COVID-19 漏报问题,并举例说明了漏报的原因。