Open AccessReal-world performance of Victorian hospitals during the COVID-19 lockdowns
Author(s) -
Stephen Allison,
Tarun Bastiampillai,
Jeffrey Cl Looi,
David L. Copolov,
Vinay Lakra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
australasian psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1440-1665
pISSN - 1039-8562
DOI - 10.1177/10398562221079281
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , per capita , occupancy , performance indicator , medical emergency , hospital bed , medicine , emergency medicine , mental health , demography , business , environmental health , psychiatry , engineering , architectural engineering , population , disease , pathology , marketing , virology , sociology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Victoria has low numbers of general adult psychiatric beds per capita by Australian and international standards. Hospital key performance indicators (KPIs) such as bed occupancy rates, emergency department waiting times and inpatient lengths of stay are proximal measures of the effects any shortfall in beds. We investigate the real-world performance of Victorian hospitals during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extended lockdowns in 2020.