Impact of COVID-19 State of Emergency restrictions on presentations to two Victorian emergency departments.

Robert D Mitchell Gerard Michael O'Reilly Biswadev MitraDe Villiers SmitJean-Philippe MillerPeter A Cameron

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2020)

SOE restrictions were associated with a significant reduction in ED presentations across a range of triage categories and diagnoses. Public health messaging should emphasise the importance of timely ED attendance for acute illness and injury.

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