Table 2.

Emergency calls for alcohol-related issues that ended in the emergency department (ED group) or not (NED group) for patients pharmacologically treated in 2-year periods (2018–2019, pre-COVID-19 period; 2020–2021, COVID-19 period).

	ED Group	NED Group
2018–2019	604/2408 (25.08%)	417/1301 (32.05%) *
2020–2021	261/1529 (17.07%) ^	269/1072 (25.09%) *,§

* p < 0.05, ED group vs. NED group in the same time period. ^ p < 0.05, ED group _2018–2019 vs. ED group _2020–2021. § p < 0.05, NED group _2018–2019 vs. NED group _2020–2021.