The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and governor mandated stay at home order on emergency department super utilizers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the trend of rising Emergency Department (ED) visits over the past decade, researchers have observed drastic declines in number of ED visits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and governor mandated Stay at Home Order on ED super utilizers.

Methods

This was a retrospective chart review of patients presenting to the 12 emergency departments of the Franciscan Mission of Our Lady Hospital System in Louisiana between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020. Patients who were 18 years of age or older and had four ED visits within a one-year period (2018, 2019, or 2020) were classified as super-utilizers. We examined number and category of visits for the baseline period (January 2018 - M

SUBMITTER: Alwood S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8056853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature