National evaluation of the association between stay-at-home orders on mechanism of injury and trauma admission volume.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic had numerous negative effects on the US healthcare system. Many states implemented stay-at-home (SAH) orders to slow COVID-19 virus transmission. We measured the association between SAH orders on the injury mechanism type and volume of trauma center admissions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

All trauma patients aged 16 years and older who were treated at the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program participating centers from January 2018-September 2020. Weekly trauma patient volume, patient demographics, and injury characteristics were compared across the corresponding SAH time periods from each year. Patient volume was modeled using harmonic regression with a random hospital effect.

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SUBMITTER: Thomas AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467931 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature