Patients' use of Danish emergency medical services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a register-based study
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Danish EMS experienced an overall reduction in the requests for and the use of ambulances and, especially, in the number of patients admitted to hospitals for respiratory diseases. Despite the overall reduction in EMS requests, the mortality of the ambulance population increased, indicating that despite the reduced ambulance use, the prehospital population was more severely ill during the pandemic.
Authors
- Erika Frischknecht Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-9694)
- Søren Bie Bogh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6207-0501)
- Tim Alex Lindskou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-7859)
- Søren Søndergaard Mikkelsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5187-7027)
- Ulla Væggemose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1389-6777)
- Fredrik Folke
- Torben Anders Kløjgaard
- Helle Collatz Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-7149)
- Mikkel Brabrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-8251)
- Marianne Fløjstrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-1638)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Aalborg University Hospital (DK)
- Odense University Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Gentofte Hospital (DK)
- North Denmark Region (DK)
- Region of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Central Denmark Region (DK)
- Center for Clinical & Basic Research (DK)
- Capital Region of Denmark (DK)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-024-01267-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28
Funders
- Syddansk Universitet