ArticleNorth Carolina medical journal2023
Regional Trends of COVID-19-Like Illness-Related Emergency Department Visits in North Carolina, March 1, 2020-November 30, 2020.
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backgroundAn evaluation of emergency department (ED) visits and the number of patients seeking care for COVID-19-like illness (CLI) during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in North Carolina has not been exclusively described. PURPOSE: To characterize CLI-related ED visits across North Carolina from March 1 to November 30, 2020.
methodsThis was a retrospective, descriptive study. Data from the North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) and the US Census Bureau were used to calculate CLI-related ED visit rates for the North Carolina resident patient population, and to compare and describe regional trends (Eastern, Piedmont, and Western).
resultsA total of 133,193 CLI-related ED visits were evaluated. Across the 3 regions, CLI-related ED visits followed similar trends with the highest peaks being reported in mid-July and late November 2020. The Piedmont region experienced the highest percent (56.3%), while people aged 25-49 years accounted for the largest age group (35.0 %) of CLI-related ED visits. More CLI-related ED visits occurred for White individuals (47.8%), but the Eastern region had a far higher percent (44.8%) of reported CLI-related ED visits for Black and American Indian individuals compared to the rest of the state. LIMITATIONS: ICD-10-CM codes were not available during the early weeks of the pandemic, which limited the ability to evaluate CLI-related data during this time. DISCUSSION: This evaluation summarizes regional trends of CLI-related ED visits across North Carolina during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. These results provide useful information and insight for public health officials, health care administrators, and policymakers.
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