Changes in Emergency Department Activity and the First COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: Emergency department (ED) attendances fell across the UK after the ‘lockdown’ introduced on 23rd March 2020 to limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesised that reductions would vary by patient age and disease type. We examined pre- and in-lockdown ED attend...

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Main Authors: Kate Honeyford, Charles Coughlan, Ruud G. Nijman, Paul Expert, Gabriel Burcea, Ian Maconochie, Anne Kinderlerer, Graham S. Cooke, Ceire E. Costelloe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2021-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2s7818zq