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Table 1 Pediatric emergency department volume numbers and admission rates by year with percent changes and respective 95% confidence intervals

From: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the pediatric emergency department: a single institution experience

 

2017

2018

2019

2020

% change

(95% CI of % change)

2019–2020

% change

(95% CI of % change)

2018–2020

% change

(95% CI of % change)

2017–2020

Overall ED volume

73,144

73,404

74,513

48,924

− 34.3%

(− 45.7%, − 23.5%)

− 33.3%

(− 44.6%, − 23.1%)

− 33.1%

(− 46.3%, − 19.5%)

Admission rates

13.3%

(9745)

13.8%

(10,119)

13.8%

(10,272)

17.7%

(8645)

+ 28.3%

(22.7%, 45.3%)

+ 28.3%

(19.3%, 48.7%)

+ 33.1%

(23.4%, 54.8%)

Critical care admission rates*

21.2%

(2063)

21.9% (2216)

23.7%

(2434)

25.4%

(2194)

+ 7.2%

(− 1.4%, 17.8%)

+ 15.9%

(10.7%, 22.1%)

+ 19.8

(14.1%, 27.1%)

ACB admission rates*

61.6%

(6007)

61.9%

(6267)

60.5%

(6210)

56.8%

(4906)

− 6.1%

(− 13.8%, 3.4%)

− 8.2%

(− 12.6%, − 4.6%)

− 7.8%

(− 13.0, − 3.3%%)

Percent of ED psychiatric visits

3.4%

(2512)

4.1%

(3006)

4.9%

(3679)

5.9%

(2932)

+ 20.4%

(7.8%, 50.6%)

+ 43.9%

(32.9%, 72.9%)

+ 73.5%

(55.1%, 105.4%)

Psychiatry admission rates

7.7%

(747)

7.0%

(712)

7.2%

(741)

9.3%

(801)

+ 29.2 (13.8%, 46.9%)

+ 32.8%

(13.2%, 59.3%)

+ 20.7%

(2.4%, 52.6%)

  1. If 95% confidence interval does not cross zero, the difference is statistically significant. Values marked in bold are significant
  2. *Denominator is total number of admissions