Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on hospital presentations and admissions in the context of low community transmission: evidence from time series analysis in Melbourne, Australia

Conclusions
Our analyses suggest citizens were willing and able to present with life-threatening conditions during Melbourne’s lockdowns, and that switching to telemedicine did not cause widespread spill-over from primary care into ED. During a pandemic, lockdowns may not inhibit appropriate hospital attendance where rates of infectious disease are low.

Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - March 10, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Collyer, T. A., Athanasopoulos, G., Srikanth, V., Tiruvoipati, R., Matthews, C., Mcinnes, N., Menon, S., Dowling, J., Braun, G., Krivitsky, T. A., Cooper, H., Andrew, N. E. Tags: COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research