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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Australia’s emergency departments: evidence from two lockdowns
- Source :
- Boyle, L, Mackay, M, Bean, N & Roughan, M 2021, ' Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Australia’s emergency departments: evidence from two lockdowns ', Australian Health Review . https://doi.org/10.1071/AH20366
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- CSIRO Publishing, 2021.
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Abstract
- 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
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14498944 and 01565788
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian Health Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....41fd2516ba5cc9882495cd11253f1e98