[Analysis of the evolution of patients attended in Spanish emergency departments during the first wave of the pandemic].

IF 1 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Anales Del Sistema Sanitario De Navarra Pub Date : 2021-08-20 DOI:10.23938/ASSN.0957

A Alquézar-Arbé, Ò Miró, P Piñera, J Jacob, A Martín, I Agra Montava, P Llorens, S Jiménez, G Burillo-Putze, E J García-Lamberechts, F J Martín-Sánchez, J González Del Castillo, Red de Investigación Siesta

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Background: To describe the number of visits (total and per COVID-19) attended by the Spanish hospital emergency departments (EDs) during the first wave of the pandemic (March-April 2020) compared to the same period in 2019, and to calculate the quantitative changes in healthcare activity and investigate the possible influence of hospital size and COVID-19 seroprevalence.

Method: Cross-sectional study that analyzes the number of visits to Spanish public EDs, reported through a survey of ED chiefs during the study periods. Changes in healthcare activity were described in each autonomous community and com-pared according to hospital size and the provincial impact of the pandemic.

Results: A total of 187 (66?%) of the 283 Spanish EDs participated in the study. The total number of patients attended de-creased to 49.2?% (

Conclusion: There was a very significant decrease in the number of ED visits during the first pandemic wave, although this decrease cannot be explained solely by the local incidence of the pandemic.

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[大流行第一波期间西班牙急诊科就诊患者演变分析]。

背景:描述第一波大流行期间(2020年3月至4月)西班牙医院急诊科(EDs)的就诊次数(总数和每例COVID-19)与2019年同期的比较，计算医疗保健活动的定量变化，并调查医院规模和COVID-19血清阳性率的可能影响。方法:横断面研究，分析西班牙公共急诊科的访问量，通过调查报告的急诊科主任在研究期间。描述了每个自治区医疗保健活动的变化，并根据医院规模和大流行对省的影响进行了比较。结果:283例西班牙急诊患者中有187例(66%)参加了本研究。接受治疗的患者总数下降到49.2?结论:在第一次大流行期间，急诊科就诊人数有非常显著的减少，尽管这种减少不能仅仅用大流行的当地发病率来解释。

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Anales Del Sistema Sanitario De Navarra 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

30.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： La revista Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra es una revista de contenido médico sanitario de carácter generalista. En ella tienen cabida artículos referidos a temas de salud/enfermedad en general, salud pública, administración y gestión sanitaria y Atención Primaria de salud.