The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patterns of attendance at emergency departments in two large London hospitals: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals in England have undergone considerable change to address the surge in demand imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of this on emergency department (ED) attendances is unknown, especially for non-COVID-19 related emergencies.

Methods

This analysis is an observational study of ED attendances at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT). We calibrated auto-regressive integrated moving average time-series models of ED attendances using historic (2015-2019) data. Forecasted trends were compared to present year ICHNT data for the period between March 12, 2020 (when England implemented the first COVID-19 public health measure) and May 31, 2020. We compared ICHTN trends with publicly available regional and national data. Lastly, we compared hospit

SUBMITTER: Vollmer MAC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8460185 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature