Effects of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on the Identification and Care of Critically Ill Emergency Patients Not Infected with COVID-19

Figures & data

Table 1 Comparison of Emergency Data of Patients with Non-COVID-19 Infection Prior to and Amidst the Pandemic

Item	2019		COVID-19 pandemic period		p-value
Age	64.32		65.69		<0.01
Gender	Male	1275	Male	2732	0.087
	Female	889	Female	1738
Disease type	Resp.	379	Resp.	660	0.124
	Nerv.	333	Nerv.	758
	Circ.	282	Circ.	697
	Dige.	358	Dige.	831
	Urin.	33	Urin.	104
	Endo.	54	Endo.	154
	Inju.	530	Inju.	863
	Infe.	56	Infe.	76
	Tumo.	78	Tumo.	241
	Others	61	Others	86
Chronic history	YES	1177	YES	2693	<0.01
	NO	987	NO	1777
Duration	2.53 days		2.90 days		<0.01
Status post emergency care	Discharge	1179	Discharge	1769	<0.01
	Ward	798	Ward	1953
	ICU	126	ICU	527
	Death	61	Death	221
Overall patient expenditure (CNY)	6684		8715		<0.01
Daily patient spending (CNY)	2909		3245		<0.01

Table 2 Comparison of Status Post Emergency Care in Different Age Groups

Age Groups	2019	COVID-19 Pandemic Period	p-value (Rank-Sum Test)
15–24	1.55	1.67	0.148
25–34	1.51	1.62	0.063
35–44	1.47	1.80	<0.01
45–54	1.46	1.67	<0.01
55–64	1.45	1.76	<0.01
65–74	1.56	1.86	<0.01
75–84	1.65	1.87	<0.01
85–95	1.73	1.96	<0.01

Table 3 The Impact of Prior Chronic Illness History on Status Post Emergency Care

Status Post Emergency Care	2019 (%)		COVID-19 Epidemic Period (%)		p-value
Discharge	Yes	599(50.81)	Yes	973(55.00)	0.026
		580(49.19)		796(45.00)
Ward	Yes	472(59.15)	Yes	1215(62.21)	0.142
		326(40.85)		738(37.79)
ICU	Yes	71(56.35)	Yes	370(70.21)	0.004
		55(43.65)		157(29.79)
Death	Yes	35(57.38)	Yes	135(61.09)	0.658
		26(42.62)		86(38.91)

Table 4 Impact of Age Groups and Severity of the Condition on Duration of Diagnosis and Treatment

Item		2019 (d)	VS	Covid-19 Epidemic Period (d)	p-value
Age groups	15–24	2.02	>	1.77	0.023
	25–34	1.97	>	1.88	0.540
	35–44	1.96	>	1.81	0.156
	45–54	1.94	<	2.10	0.174
	55–64	2.41	<	2.37	0.859
	65–74	2.17	<	2.46	0.020
	75–84	2.90	<	3.40	0.045
	85–95	3.53	<	4.56	<0.01
Severity of the condition	Discharge	2.55	<	3.42	<0.01
	Ward	2.37	<	2.42	0.624
	ICU	1.83	<	2.16	0.127
	Death	5.72	<	4.71	0.347

Figure 1 The impact of prior chronic illness history on duration of diagnosis and treatment prior to and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Table 5 Impact of Age Groups, Severity of the Condition, and Duration of Diagnosis and Treatment on Daily Patient Spending

Item		2019 (CNY)	VS	COVID-19 Epidemic Period (CNY)	p-value
Age groups	15–24	2546.40	<	2809.06	0.327
	25–34	2871.34	>	2789.02	0.711
	35–44	2888.74	<	3146.86	0.204
	45–54	3054.25	<	3166.04	0.490
	55–64	2854.32	<	3301.16	0.001
	65–74	2925.61	<	3275.66	0.001
	75–84	2934.76	<	3319.60	<0.001
	85–95	2936.05	<	3365.79	0.002
Severity of the condition	Discharge	2618.64	<	2754.72	0.033
	Ward	3039.44	<	3182.12	0.051
	ICU	4230.95	<	4409.13	0.497
	Death	4090.18	<	4958.60	0.044
Duration of diagnosis and treatment(d)	1	3667.57	<	4055.31	0.001
	2	2498.25	<	2800.10	<0.001
	3	2522.90	<	2986.75	<0.001
	4	2537.26	<	3023.53	0.001
	5–9	2562.31	<	3068.28	<0.001
	≥10	2391.71	<	2816.00	0.007

Figure 2 The impact of prior chronic illness history on daily patient spending prior to and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.