Impact of the 2017 measles outbreak on the emergency care system of a large tertiary-care teaching hospital in Italy: a retrospective analysis

ConclusionA preventable high-infective disease outbreak can lead to a misapply of ED facilities in terms of unjustified admissions, time spent in TIRs, antibiotic prescription and in hospitalization rate.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research