Decreasing hospital burden of COVID-19 during the first wave in Regione Lombardia: an emergency measures context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study is to quantify the hospital burden of COVID-19 during the first wave and how it changed over calendar time; to interpret the results in light of the emergency measures introduced to manage the strain on secondary healthcare.

Methods

This is a cohort study of hospitalised confirmed cases of COVID-19 admitted from February-June 2020 and followed up till 17th July 2020, analysed using a mixture multi-state model. All hospital patients with confirmed COVID-19 disease in Regione Lombardia were involved, admitted from February-June 2020, with non-missing hospital of admission and non-missing admission date.

Results

The cohort consists of 40,550 patients hospitalised during the first wave. These patients had a median age of 69 (interquartile

SUBMITTER: Grosso FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8414029 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature