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A Comparison of Emergency Department Revisit Rates of Pediatric Patients between Pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 Periods
- Source :
- Children, Vol 9, Iss 7, p 1003 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2022.
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Abstract
- Unscheduled revisits to emergency departments (EDs) are important because they indicate the quality of emergency care. However, the characteristics of pediatric patients visiting EDs changed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and these changes may have affected their revisit patterns. Therefore, we aimed to compare the ED revisit patterns of pediatric patients between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. This retrospective multicenter study included patients aged below 18 years who visited the ED in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. ED revisit rates were analyzed using five age groups and three visit-revisit intervals. In the pre-COVID-19 period, the revisit rates decreased with increasing age. In the COVID-19 period, the revisit rates were the lowest for the group aged 4–6 years, and the rates increased for those aged ≥7 years. In conclusion, there were changes in the patterns of revisit rates of pediatric patients according to age between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the reasons for revisits according to age and establish strategies to reduce the revisit rates of pediatric patients.
- Subjects :
- revisit to emergency department
COVID-19
pediatric patients
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Children
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.268614a191fe40fabf9f9f033f4cf041
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071003