Table IV.
Otolaryngology procedures before and during COVID-19 pandemic.
| Zone | Otolaryngology procedures (difference %) | Total (difference %) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outpatient visits before COVID | Outpatient visits during COVID | P | Outpatient surgery before COVID | Outpatient surgery during COVID | P | Inpatient surgery before COVID | Inpatient surgery during COVID | P | Procedures before COVID | Procedures during COVID | P | |
| 1 | 7,702 | 1,341 (82.6%) |
< 0.0001 | 375 | 34 (90.9%) | < 0.0001 | 841 | 123 (85.4%) |
< 0.0001 | 8,918 | 1,498 (83.2%) |
< 0.0001 |
| 2 | 5,912 | 1,272 (78.5%) |
< 0.0001 | 303 | 31 (89.8%) | < 0.0001 | 573 | 111 (80.6%) |
< 0.0001 | 6,788 | 1,414 (79.2%) |
< 0.0001 |
| 3 | 8,470 | 1,734 (79.5%) |
< 0.0001 | 506 | 42 (91.7%) | < 0.0001 | 1,011 | 164 (83.8%) |
< 0.0001 | 9,987 | 1,940 (80.6%) |
< 0.0001 |
| 4 | 3,147 | 620 (80.3%) |
< 0.0001 | 192 | 33 (82.8%) | 0.0013 | 317 | 69 (78.2%) |
< 0.0001 | 3,656 | 722 (80.2%) |
0.0002 |
| 5 | 805 | 100 (87.6%) |
0.0006 | 61 | 5 (91.8%) | 0.081 | 81 | 5 (93.8%) | 0.003 | 947 | 110 (88.4%) |
0.0203 |
| Total | 26,036 |
5,067 (80.5%) |
< 0.0001 | 1,437 |
145 (89.9%) |
< 0.0001 | 2,823 |
472 (83.3%) |
< 0.0001 | 30,296 |
5,684 (81.2%) |
< 0.0001 |