1/6 🇸🇪 patients to emergency rooms (somatiska akutmottagningar) declined during 2020. Ca 159k fewer patients (emergency room) during 2020 compared with 2019 (period March-September). Partly as a result of people being afraid but also due to other causes. Blue line is... + 
2/6 total patients to emergency room during 2020 and it’s per 100k.
This chart👇🏽 presents data per region as deviation from average of 2017-2019. We see sharp declines most notably i Gothenburg region (Västra Götaland). +
This chart👇🏽 presents data per region as deviation from average of 2017-2019. We see sharp declines most notably i Gothenburg region (Västra Götaland). +
3/6 largest %decreases we have seen in upper respiratory infections and it seems largest absolute decrease would be injuries, abdominal pain.
Only one area with slight increase, violent abuse... +
Only one area with slight increase, violent abuse... +
4/6 interestingly Socialstyrelsen mentions that a large increase to emergency rooms has occurred in the group coded as “general examination.. without diagnosis” indicating people with common cold symptoms or similar have come due to anxiety of having covid. +
5/6 however, we also see that as the number of patients have decreased the relative number of patients admitted has increased during 2020 from normally ca 32% to ca 38%, indicating the most severe cases are still coming in. +
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