Changes in emergency department utilisation in Germany before and during different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, using data from a national surveillance system up to June 2021

• Main Authors: Madlen Schranz (Author), T. Sonia Boender (Author), Timo Greiner (Author), Theresa Kocher (Author), Birte Wagner (Author), Felix Greiner (Author), Jonas Bienzeisler (Author), Michaela Diercke (Author), Linus Grabenhenrich (Author), AKTIN-Research Group (Author), Annette Aigner (Author), Alexander Ullrich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health and social measures, decreasing patient numbers have been described in various healthcare settings in Germany, including emergency care. This could be explained by changes in disease burden, e.g. due to contact restriction...