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. 2020 Oct 26;181(2):272–274. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3982

Table. Trends in Hospital Volume of 5 Emergency Medical Conditions Before and After the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Institution Condition Mean daily count Time series analysis
Pre–COVID-19 Post–COVID-19 Relative risk (95% CI) P value
Stanford Acute MI 10.95 9.25 0.74 (0.68-0.80) <.001
Stanford Ischemic stroke 22.19 19.93 0.84 (0.79-0.89) <.001
Stanford ntSAH 2.10 1.50 0.79 (0.64-0.98) .03
Stanford Appendicitis 2.53 2.26 0.85 (0.71-1.01) .07
Stanford Ectopic pregnancy 0.58 0.52 0.76 (0.53-1.09) .14
NYP Acute MI 3.64 2.29 0.61 (0.52-0.72) <.001
NYP Ischemic stroke 9.09 4.93 0.51 (0.45-0.56) <.001
NYP ntSAH 0.92 0.61 0.67 (0.47-0.93) .03
NYP Appendicitis 2.04 1.06 0.58 (0.46-0.74) <.001
NYP Ectopic pregnancy 0.68 0.52 0.84 (0.59-1.20) .33

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; MI, myocardial infarction; ntSAH, nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage; NYP, NewYork-Presbyterian.