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Where Will Emergency Department Volumes Go Post-Pandemic?

By James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP | on August 23, 2021 | 0 Comment
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Figure 1: ED Visits 2001–2018 from Three Organizations

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  1. Augustine JJ. ED usage trends before COVID-19. ACEP Now. 2020;39(5):21.
  2. Cairns C, Kang K, Santo L. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 emergency department summary tables. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Accessed July 2, 2021.

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James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP

James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP, is national director of prehospital strategy for US Acute Care Solutions in Canton, Ohio; clinical professor of emergency medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio; and vice president of the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance.

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