Table 1.

Demographics, Intervention, and Diagnosis.

		2019	2020	P-Value
ED admission		1519	302	–
Hospitalization		357 (23.5%)	209 (69.2%)	.03
Age (median)		56.34 ± 21.07	58.07 ± 21.03	.35
Gender (male/female)		193/164	126/83	.15
Ethnicity (Jewish/minorities/tourists and foreigners)		87.9%/5.9%/6.2%	95.7%/1%/3.4%	.022
Charlson comorbidity index		1.33 ± 2.23	1.94 ± 2.77	.004
APACHE-II score		5.75 ± 4.34	6.69 ± 4.19	.024
Time to hospitalization		10.12 ± 5.31	7.53 ± 4.24	<.001
Type of intervention	Surgery	158 (44.3%)	72 (34.5%)	.12
	Drainage	22 (6.2%)	22 (10.5%)	.06
	Endoscopy	39 (10.9%)	32 (15.3%)	.12
	Angiography	2 (.6%)	0 (0%)	.29
	Radiation	1 (.3%)	0 (0%)	.45
Differential diagnosis of hospitalized patients	Appendicitis	52 (14.6%)	26 (12.4%)	.51
	Diverticulitis	13 (3.6%)	11 (5.3%)	.37
	Cholecystitis	28 (7.8%)	16 (7.7%)	.94
	Gastrointestinal bleeding	48 (13.5%)	34 (16.3%)	.39
	Hernia	15 (4.2%)	5 (2.4%)	.27
	Bowel obstruction	33 (9.2%)	31 (14.8%)	.06
	Perianal abscess	39 (10.9%)	15 (7.2%)	.16
	Pancreatitis	15 (4.2%)	12 (5.7%)	.42
	Cholangitis	25 (7%)	7 (3.4%)	.08
	Trauma	26 (7.3%)	12 (5.7%)	.49
	Other	61 (17.1%)	38 (18.2%)	.76
	NA	2 (.6%)	2 (1%)	.59

Abbreviations: ED, emergency department.