A Comparison of Emergency Department Revisit Rates of Pediatric Patients between Pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 Periodsopen access
- Authors
- Namgung, M.; Lee, D.H.; Bae, S.J.; Chung, H.S.; Park, J.Y.; Kim, K.; Lee, C.A.; Kim, D.H.; Kim, E.C.; Lim, J.Y.; Han, S.S.; Choi, Y.H.
- Issue Date
- Jul-2022
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- COVID-19; pediatric patients; revisit to emergency department
- Citation
- Children, v.9, no.7
- Journal Title
- Children
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 7
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/71875
- DOI
- 10.3390/children9071003
- ISSN
- 2227-9067
2227-9067
- 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. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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