The Demand for Hospital Emergency Services: Trends during the First Month of COVID-19 Response

• Main Authors: Rui Santana (Author), Joana Santos Sousa (Author), Patrícia Soares (Author), Sílvia Lopes (Author), Paulo Boto (Author), João Victor Rocha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Since December 2019, more than 925,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide, 8,251 cases in Portugal by the end of March. Previous studies related to the SARS pandemic showed a decrease up to 80% in the emergency care episodes. Hence, the objective of this study is to analyze...