Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of a Large Cohort of COVID-19 Outpatients in Michigan.
Alexandra HalalauFadi OdishZaid ImamAryana SharrakEvan BricknerPaul Bumki LeeAdam FoglesongAdrian MichelInayat GillLihua QuAmr E AbbasChristopher F CarpenterPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2021)
We found that 80.8% of patients did not return to the ED for re-evaluation. Sending patients with COVID-19 home if they experience mild symptoms is a safe approach for most patients and might mitigate some of the financial and staffing pressures on healthcare systems.