Nonurgent Visits to the Pediatric Emergency Department before and during the First Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 1

Distribution of patients including age, gender, assessment of urgency, and distance to the pediatric ED in 2017.

	Nonurgent	Urgent
Gender:
Male	1905 (55.1%)	874 (55.2%)
Female	1551 (44.9%)	708 (44.8%)
Age group:
<1 y	705 (20.4%)	230 (14.5%)
1 y to <2 y	477 (13.8%)	257 (16.2%)
2 y to <5 y	1029 (29.8%)	442 (27.9%)
5 y to <10 y	789 (22.8%)	348 (22.0%)
>10 y	456 (13.2%)	305 (19.3%)
Distance:
<5 km	1727 (50.0%)	718 (45.4%)
5 km–10 km	690 (20.0%)	306 (19.3%)
10 km–15 km	700 (20.3%)	363 (22.9%)
>15 km	339 (9.8%)	196 (12.4%)
Out of office hoursª:
No	1224 (35.4%)	458 (29.0%)
Yes	2232 (64.6%)	1124 (71.0%)
Medical condition^b:
No preexisting condition	3073 (88.9%)	1334 (84.3%)
Preexisting condition	383 (11.1%)	248 (15.7%)

ªVisits to pediatric EDs after PCP’s office hours. ^bThese patients suffered from a preexisting medical condition.