Changes in inpatient admissions before and during COVID-19 outbreak in a large tertiary hospital in Shanghai.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused a significant strain on healthcare resources and utilization worldwide. However, the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on patient hospitalization was barely known. This study aimed to determine the impact of the outbreak on the pattern of inpatient hospital admissions to help allocate health care resources during a pandemic.

Methods

This retrospective study included patients who were hospitalized in a tertiary teaching hospital in Shanghai between 1 January and 30 April across the years 2017 to 2020. The number of hospitalizations during the study period from 2017 to 2020 were 30,605, 31,464, 32,812 and 24,163, respectively. Changes in patient volumes and the frequency of the International Classification of Disease

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096364 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature