Table 3.
Comparison of healthcare system interactions (services utilized) among patients presenting before and after the COVID-19 emergency declaration (n=502)
| Variable | Mean no. of interactions |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre–COVID-19 (n=266) | Post–COVID-19 (n=236) | ||
| No. of TRS contacts per patient | 3.0 | 1.9 | <001* |
| Location of TRS contact | |||
| Phone | 1.60 | 1.30 | 0.09 |
| Inpatient bedside | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.80 |
| ED | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.001* |
| Outpatient | 0.57 | 0.04 | <001* |
| Length of stay (day) | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.01* |
| Total no. of ED visits in 1 yr | 1.20 | 0.92 | 0.04* |
| Related to initial presentation | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.70 |
| Due to new interpersonal violence | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.78 |
| Total no. of outpatient visits in 1 yr | 5.50 | 6.90 | 0.15 |
| Related to initial presentation | 2.90 | 2.90 | 0.98 |
| Orthopedic department | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.93 |
| Plastic surgery department | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.24 |
| Trauma surgery department | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.60 |
| Physical medicine and rehabilitation department | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.78 |
| Therapy (including physical, occupational, and vocational) | 0.93 | 1.30 | 0.51 |
| Internal medicine (including medicine/pediatrics and family medicine) department | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.22 |
TRS, trauma recovery services; ED, emergency department
*
P<0.05.