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Report: Fewer, but sicker, patients came to the ED during the pandemic
A recent report from the Epic Health Research Network shows that amid a steep drop in emergency department visits during the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an increase in the number of ED patients who needed to be hospitalized.
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Emergency department visits plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic, and new research now shows that the patients who did come to the ED for care were sicker and more likely to be hospitalized.
Researchers from the Epic Health Research Network analyzed weekly ED visit volume from Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 12, 2020. Gathered from 31 healthcare organizations, the data set also included patients who had either been discharged or had died by Jan. 10, 2021.
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Cervical cancer screenings dropped precipitously during California COVID-19 restrictions, CDC says Print this article
Cervical cancer screenings for women in Southern California dropped precipitously during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study examined the cervical cancer screenings in the Southern California Kaiser Permanente system. During the stay-at-home order in California from March 19 to June 11, cervical cancer screenings dropped 78% among women 21-29 years of age and 82% among women 30-65 years of age when compared to the same period in 2019.
While the number of screenings improved in the months following the restrictions, they were still down when compared to 2019. Screening declined 29% among women aged 21-29 and 24% among women aged 30-65 from June 12 to Sept. 30.
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