COVID-19 and emergency department attendances in Irish public hospitals. ESRI QEC Special Article May 2020.

Brick, Aoife and Walsh, Brendan and Keegan, Conor and Lyons, Seán (2020) COVID-19 and emergency department attendances in Irish public hospitals. ESRI QEC Special Article May 2020. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

New ESRI research published today, 22 May, shows that emergency department (ED) attendances in Ireland fell sharply at the onset of COVID-19 outbreak in Ireland. The average number of daily emergency department attendances at the end of March 2020 was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March. Similar reductions were seen across each region of the country. The reductions were substantial across all age groups, with particularly high reductions amongst younger age groups. There was even a decline in the number of attendances classified as very urgent/immediate. The fall in these more serious cases was 27%, compared to a 32% decline in less urgent attendances.

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