Pediatric otolaryngology trends in patient care volume during covid-19: A survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess changes in outpatient clinic, inpatient consult, and operative volumes among pediatric otolaryngologists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials and methods

An online questionnaire was distributed to 535 active members of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology from April 21, 2020, to May 4, 2020. The questionnaire assessed operative and clinical volumes during a two-week period between April 6, 2020, to April 20, 2020, while restrictions on elective surgery were in place, as compared to an average two-week period before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Both outpatient clinic and inpatient consult visit volume decreased significantly during the Covid-19 period. Academic practitioners typically reported seeing fewer outpati

SUBMITTER: Pellegrini WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838084 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature