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[Football, television and emergency services]
1Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona. omiro@medicina.ub.es
Background:
To know the influence of televised football on the use of emergency department (ED).
Patients And Methods:
We assessed the number, demographic characteristics and acuity of patients attended during the broadcast of football matches played by FC Barcelona during Champions' League (n = 12), and they were compared with days without televised football (n = 12).
Results:
Televised football was associated with a decrease in visits to ED (-18%; p = 0.002). Such a decrease was observed for all ED units, but only for traumatology unit reached statistical significance (-28%; p = 0.006). Decay of ED visits were mainly due to a decrease of low-acuity consults (-30%; p = 0.04).
Conclusion:
There is a significant decrease on ED use associated with televised football.
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