Impact of national lockdown towards emergency department visits and admission rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: A hospital-based study.
Wachira WongtanasarasinThanchanok SrisawangWanwisa YothiyaPhichayut PhinyoPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2020)
The national lockdown in Thailand was associated with a significant reduction in average daily ED visits across traumatic and non-traumatic patients. Communication from healthcare professionals and public health officers is necessary to reinforce the importance of timely ED visits for acute health conditions.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- public health
- spinal cord injury
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- liver failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- drug induced
- health information
- intensive care unit
- risk assessment
- patient reported outcomes
- adverse drug
- electronic health record