Table 7.

Literature summary

Author/year	Country/setting	Time frame	Comparison	Volume	Outcomes
Aviran 2020 [6] 2	Israel Single hospital	March 15–April 14, 2020	March 15–April 14, 2019	25% fewer admissions	Longer time interval prior to admission, worse clinical condition, more urgent surgery
Callan 2020 [7] 3	United Kingdom Single hospital	March 23–April 5, 2020	March 25–April 7, 2019	50% fewer admissions	Lower admission rate, similar intervention rate
D’Urbano 2020 [8] 4	Italy Single hospital	March 9–April 9, 2020	March 9–April 9, 2019	41% reduction in the number of patients who underwent emergency surgery	Higher complication rate
Tarim 2020 [9] 5	Turkey	March 15–May 15, 2020	March 15–May 15, 2019	32% reduction in surgical patients	Higher proportion of patients who had surgery, higher morbidity
McGuinness 2020 [10] 6	New Zealand Single hospital	March 26–April 27, 2020	February 22–March 25, 2020	26% decrease in admissions 43% reduction in operations performed	Shorter LOS No difference in mortality
Dick 2020 [11] 1	Scotland Single hospital	March 23–July 5, 2020	March 23–July 5, 2019	58% reduction in admissions	Increased proportion of patients having surgery and increased operative time
Paul 2020 [12] 7	USA New Jersey Healthsystem	January–April 2020	January–April 2019	Decrease in ED visits and admissions	Not reported