在COVID-19的两年期间,退伍军人卫生管理局紧急部门访问的变化
Justine Seidenfeld1, Aaron Dalton2, Anita A Vashi2,3
1Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
COVID-19显著减少了美国退伍军人的急诊室 (ED) 访问,紧急和非紧急访问减少. 紧急访问的持续下降更大,引发了人们对忽视急性护理的担忧.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,医疗保健的提供发生了重大变化,因此需要对其对急诊室 (ED) 使用的影响进行审查.
- 了解紧急和非紧急ED访问的变化对于评估公共卫生危机期间医疗保健系统的表现至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析COVID-19大流行对美国退伍军人急救部门 (ED) 使用的影响.
- 为了在退伍军人卫生管理局 (VHA) 中比较疫情爆发前两年和疫情爆发前两年的紧急和非紧急急救访问.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性,观察性队列研究分析了从2018年3月到2022年2月的111个VHA ED的ED访问.
- 使用95%置信区间 (CI) 的事件率比率 (IRR) 来比较8个大流行前季度和8个大流行季度的紧急和非紧急ED访问数量.
主要成果:
- 美国退伍军人记录了800多万次ED访问;45.3%发生在疫情的前两年.
- 与流行病前基线相比,新兴和非新兴ED访问在每个大流行季度都显著下降.
- 在疫情最初的六个月后,紧急访问的持续下降比非紧急访问的下降更大.
结论:
- 到2022年,美国退伍军人中紧急部门的访问还没有恢复到大流行前的水平.
- 持续的,不成比例地更大的紧急访问减少,需要进一步调查对急性护理准入的潜在影响.
- 系统层面的变化,包括远程医疗的采用,可能影响了ED访问模式,但它们对紧急 versus非紧急护理的具体影响需要更多的研究.
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