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2. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Australia’s emergency departments: evidence from two lockdowns

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Nigel Bean, Mark Mackay, Matthew Roughan, Laura M. Boyle, Boyle, Laura M, Mackay, Mark, Bean, Nigel, and Roughan, Matthew

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Context (language use), emergency department presentations, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Health care, Pandemic, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, business.industry, 030503 health policy & services, Health Policy, Australia, Health services research, COVID-19, Emergency department, Triage, Metropolitan area, Mental health, health services research, medical care, emergency treatment, hospitals, 0305 other medical science, business, health systems, Demography
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Objective This study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency departments (EDs) in South Australia, measured by changes in the number and casemix of patients in the system over time. Methods Data from the South Australia Emergency Department Dashboard, updated every 30 min, were analysed for the period 4 October–21 December 2020. The Dashboard reports live counts of the number and type of patients in each of the six adult metropolitan public EDs in Adelaide, South Australia. Results There was a significant difference in the mean daily average occupied ED capacity before and during two distinct increases in COVID-19 cases in South Australia. An increase in COVID-19 cases coincided with a decrease in patients in EDs (Pearson’s r = –0.93 and –0.67; P

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2021

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