Emergency department presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland (to June 2021): interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess emergency department (ED) presentation numbers in Queensland during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to mid-2021, a period of relatively low COVID-19 case numbers.

Design

Interrupted time series analysis.

Setting

All 105 Queensland public hospital EDs.

Main outcome measures

Numbers of ED presentations during the COVID-19 lockdown period (11 March 2020 - 30 June 2020) and the period of easing restrictions (1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021), compared with pre-pandemic period (1 January 2018 - 10 March 2020), overall (daily numbers) and by Australasian Triage Scale (ATS; daily numbers) and selected diagnostic categories (cardiac, respiratory, mental health, injury-related conditions) and conditions (stroke, sepsis) (weekly numbers).<

SUBMITTER: Sweeny AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880727 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature