Characteristics and predictors of severe outcomes of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 cases presenting to the emergency department of a major Australian referral hospital: A record linkage study
Age, ambulance arrival, higher triaged urgency, and presentation earlier in the pandemic were predictors of a severe COVID-19 outcome. Aged care measures and prioritising vaccination of older persons and aged care workers may have reduced severe outcomes in the elderly.
Authors
- Kishor Kumar Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-3571)
- Michael Dinh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-455X)
- Yvonne Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-9658)
- David Muscatello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2391-4396)
- Sandra Ware (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2281-5478)
- Nectarios Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-9967)
- Katrina Boldt
Institutions
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- NSW Ambulance (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70040
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.74
Funders
- University of New South Wales
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council