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Editor, Senior Moderator
Thorax
. 2021 Mar 29;thoraxjnl-2020-216526.
doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216526. Online ahead of print.
Decrease in hospital admissions for respiratory diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide claims study
Kyungmin Huh[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Young-Eun Kim[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 [/SUP], Wonjun Ji[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 3 [/SUP], Dong Wook Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Eun-Joo Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jong-Hun Kim[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ji-Man Kang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Jaehun Jung[SUP] 6 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been widely implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We assessed the effect of NPIs on hospitalisations for pneumonia, influenza, COPD and asthma. This retrospective, ecological study compared the weekly incidence of hospitalisation for four respiratory conditions before (January 2016-January 2020) and during (February-July 2020) the implementation of NPI against COVID-19. Hospitalisations for all four respiratory conditions decreased substantially during the intervention period. The cumulative incidence of admissions for COPD and asthma was 58% and 48% of the mean incidence during the 4 preceding years, respectively.
Keywords: COVID-19; respiratory infection.
. 2021 Mar 29;thoraxjnl-2020-216526.
doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216526. Online ahead of print.
Decrease in hospital admissions for respiratory diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide claims study
Kyungmin Huh[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 1 [/SUP], Young-Eun Kim[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 2 [/SUP], Wonjun Ji[SUP] #[/SUP][SUP] 3 [/SUP], Dong Wook Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Eun-Joo Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jong-Hun Kim[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ji-Man Kang[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Jaehun Jung[SUP] 6 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33782081
- DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216526
Abstract
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been widely implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We assessed the effect of NPIs on hospitalisations for pneumonia, influenza, COPD and asthma. This retrospective, ecological study compared the weekly incidence of hospitalisation for four respiratory conditions before (January 2016-January 2020) and during (February-July 2020) the implementation of NPI against COVID-19. Hospitalisations for all four respiratory conditions decreased substantially during the intervention period. The cumulative incidence of admissions for COPD and asthma was 58% and 48% of the mean incidence during the 4 preceding years, respectively.
Keywords: COVID-19; respiratory infection.