The impact of the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic on hospital presentations in adults with gastrointestinal infections at a tertiary centre in <scp>Australia</scp>
There was a substantial decrease in hospital admissions with GI infections, particularly Norovirus, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Admissions because of Clostridioides increased. Stringent public health measures reducing interpersonal contact and increased antibiotic prescribing respectively may explain these changes, while an increased reluctance to seek medical care may also have contributed to the sharp overall decrease in hospitalisations.
Authors
- Max Gottlieb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8717-4844)
- Britt Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-4275)
- Eva Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4640-1291)
- Aysha Al‐Ani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4735-5234)
- Jonathan Segal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9668-0316)
- Sue Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7659-7008)
- A. R. K. Mitchell
- Philip Jakanovski
- Sam Harding‐Forrester
Institutions
- South Australia Pathology (AU)
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16597
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57