Table 1.
Overall ED encounters, behavioral health complaints, suicide, and alcohol chief complaints in the healthcare system.
| Category | EMSa | ED Encounters |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | % Change | ||
| Overall | EMS | 10,958 | 7889 | −28.01% |
| Not EMS | 45,495 | 23,498 | −48.35% | |
| Overall Total | 56,453 | 31,387 | −44.40% | |
| Comprehensive BH | EMS | 1781 | 1438 | −19.26% |
| Not EMS | 1657 | 1039 | −37.30% | |
| Comprehensive BH Total | 3438 | 2477 | −27.95% | |
| Suicidal Chief Complaints and Orders |
EMS | 567 | 245 | −56.79% |
| Not EMS | 577 | 206 | −64.30% | |
| Suicidal Total | 1144 | 451 | −60.58% | |
| Alcohol Chief Complaints and Dx |
EMS | 599 | 512 | −14.52% |
| Not EMS | 372 | 317 | −14.78% | |
| Alcohol Total | 971 | 829 | −14.62% | |
Study Time Period: 3/25–4/24.
a
EMS: Emergency Medical Service – As a method of ED arrival (municipal or private).