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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Comparison of Emergency Department Revisit Rates of Pediatric Patients between Pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 Periods.

Myeong Namgung, Dong Hoon Lee, Sung Jin Bae, Ho Sub Chung, Ji Young Park, Keon Kim, Choung Ah Lee, Duk Ho Kim, Eui Chung Kim, Jee Yong Lim and 2 more

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Myeong NamgungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8541-0786
Dong Hoon LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Chung-Ang University, Gwangmyeong-si 14353, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4306-8649
Sung Jin BaeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Chung-Ang University, Gwangmyeong-si 14353, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2871-3323
Ho Sub ChungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, Chung-Ang University, Gwangmyeong-si 14353, Korea.
Ji Young ParkDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6777-0494
Keon KimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 07804, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5174-833X
Choung Ah LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong-si 18450, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2487-8988
Duk Ho KimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Eulji University, Seoul 01830, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2186-4230
Eui Chung KimCHA Bundang Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Seongnam-si 13496, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3113-2033
Jee Yong LimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Sang Soo HanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon-si 14584, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9709-3332
Yoon Hee ChoiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul 07985, Korea.

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Abstract

Unscheduled revisits to emergency departments (EDs) are important because they indicate the quality of emergency care. However, the characteristics of pediatric patients visiting EDs changed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and these changes may have affected their revisit patterns. Therefore, we aimed to compare the ED revisit patterns of pediatric patients between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. This retrospective multicenter study included patients aged below 18 years who visited the ED in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. ED revisit rates were analyzed using five age groups and three visit-revisit intervals. In the pre-COVID-19 period, the revisit rates decreased with increasing age. In the COVID-19 period, the revisit rates were the lowest for the group aged 4-6 years, and the rates increased for those aged ≥7 years. In conclusion, there were changes in the patterns of revisit rates of pediatric patients according to age between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the reasons for revisits according to age and establish strategies to reduce the revisit rates of pediatric patients.

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