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Original Research

Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits of Patients with an Emergent or Urgent Diagnosis

Chung-Cheng Yeh1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan;2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan;3 College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Cheng-Yu Chien2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan;4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan;5 Graduate Institute of Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Ting-Yu Lee3 College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Chun-Hao Liu3 College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;6 Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 4657-4664 | Published online: 04 May 2022

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