Jennifer R Head, Kristin Andrejko, Qu Cheng, Philip A Collender, Sophie Phillips, Anna Boser, Alexandra K Heaney, Christopher M Hoover, Sean L Wu, Graham R Northrup, Karen Click, Robert Harrison, Joseph A Lewnard, Justin V Remais
The effect of school closures and reopening strategies on COVID-19 infection dynamics in the San Francisco Bay Area: a cross-sectional survey and modeling analysis
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
provision highquality emergency care acute lifethreatening illnesses significantly reduce daly mortality subsaharan africa present data profile emergency department ed largest referral hospital eritrea potential gaps intervention prospective singlecenter observational study 1093 patients presented ed september october 2020 data collected using questionnaire patients interview observation medical record review data summarized using descriptive statistics applicable logistic regressions performed median age 450 years among patients terms acuity 741 685 283 262 48 44 10 09 patients triaged green yellow red black respectively addition number selfreferred patients 857 791 among visitors 376 349 used ambulance service median iqr ed length stay los 27 14100 hours 154 144 patients stayed ed 24 hours hospitalization rate 146 147 multivariate analysis higher likelihood prolonged ed los observed medical department patients aor 353 95 ci 203614 patients referred primary healthcare centers aor 263 95 ci 110630 hospital aor 370 95 ci 215637 prolonged ed los also associated prior emergency visit aor 196 95 ci 113340 consultation aor 1227 95 ci 6982156 need inpatient admission aor 234 95 ci 138396 need investigation treatment aor 203 95 ci 107385 improvements regarding ed specialist personnel inpatient ward capacity availability investigations throughout day night shifts amendments referral system strengthening ed critical care capacity zonal referral hospitals access quality care among noncommunicable disease patients may ameliorate bottlenecks observed setup