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A Comparison of Emergency Department Revisit Rates of Pediatric Patients between Pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 Periods
- Title
- A Comparison of Emergency Department Revisit Rates of Pediatric Patients between Pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 Periods
- Authors
- Namgung, Myeong; Lee, Dong Hoon; Bae, Sung Jin; Chung, Ho Sub; Park, Ji Young; Kim, Keon; Lee, Choung Ah; Kim, Duk Ho; Kim, Eui Chung; Lim, Jee Yong; Han, Sang Soo; Choi, Yoon Hee
- Ewha Authors
- 최윤희; 김건
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 최윤희; 김건
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Journal Title
- CHILDREN-BASEL
- ISSN
- 2227-9067
- Citation
- CHILDREN-BASEL vol. 9, no. 7
- Keywords
- revisit to emergency department; COVID-19; pediatric patients
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Unscheduled revisits to emergency departments (EDs) are important because they indicate the quality of emergency care. However, the characteristics of pediatric patients visiting EDs changed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and these changes may have affected their revisit patterns. Therefore, we aimed to compare the ED revisit patterns of pediatric patients between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. This retrospective multicenter study included patients aged below 18 years who visited the ED in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. ED revisit rates were analyzed using five age groups and three visit-revisit intervals. In the pre-COVID-19 period, the revisit rates decreased with increasing age. In the COVID-19 period, the revisit rates were the lowest for the group aged 4-6 years, and the rates increased for those aged >= 7 years. In conclusion, there were changes in the patterns of revisit rates of pediatric patients according to age between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the reasons for revisits according to age and establish strategies to reduce the revisit rates of pediatric patients.
- DOI
- 10.3390/children9071003
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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