Open Access<p>The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ophthalmic Care at an Eye-Specific Emergency Department in an Outbreak Hotspot</p>
Author(s) -
Jaekyun Moon,
John B. Miller,
Raviv Katz,
Thong Ta,
Colleen Szypko,
Itika Garg,
Alice C. Lorch,
Matthew Gardiner,
Grayson W. Armstrong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s285223
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , declaration , covid-19 , emergency department , pandemic , eye care , emergency medicine , public health , outbreak , primary care , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , family medicine , optometry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , virology , psychiatry , political science , law
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is growing concern that patients are forgoing necessary care. Emergency departments (ED) represent an important site of eye care. We analyzed patterns of ED visits at an eye-specific ED since the declaration of the public health crisis.