Effect of government-issued state of emergency and reopening orders on cardiovascular hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Little is known about the effect of government-issued State of Emergency (SOE) and Reopening orders on health care behaviors. We aimed to determine the effect of SOE and Phase 1 of Reopening orders on hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

Methods

Hospitalizations for AMI and ADHF in the UNC Health system, which includes 10 hospitals in both urban and rural counties, were identified. An interrupted time series design was used to compare weekly hospitalization rates for eight weeks before the March 10^th SOE declaration, eight weeks between the SOE order and Phase 1 of Reopening order, and the subsequent eight weeks.

Results

Overall, 3,792 hospitalizations for AMI and 7,223 for ADHF were i

SUBMITTER: Arora S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312728 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature