The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of the emergency medical services during the first pandemic wave: A system-wide study of Tuscany Region, Italy

Vieri Lastrucci; Francesca Collini; Silvia Forni; Sara D’Arienzo; Valeria Di Fabrizio; Primo Buscemi; Chiara Lorini; Fabrizio Gemmi; Guglielmo Bonaccorsi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264806

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The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of the emergency medical services during the first pandemic wave: A system-wide study of Tuscany Region, Italy

Vieri Lastrucci ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vieri.lastrucci@meyer.it

Affiliations Epidemiology Unit, Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Florence, Italy, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-6666

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Francesca Collini,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Quality and Equity Unit, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
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Silvia Forni,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Quality and Equity Unit, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
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Sara D’Arienzo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Quality and Equity Unit, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
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Valeria Di Fabrizio,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Quality and Equity Unit, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
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Primo Buscemi,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Specialization School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Chiara Lorini,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Fabrizio Gemmi,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Quality and Equity Unit, Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1266-8433

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Guglielmo Bonaccorsi

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-4308

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The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of the emergency medical services during the first pandemic wave: A system-wide study of Tuscany Region, Italy

Vieri Lastrucci,
Francesca Collini,
Silvia Forni,
Sara D’Arienzo,
Valeria Di Fabrizio,
Primo Buscemi,
Chiara Lorini,
Fabrizio Gemmi,
Guglielmo Bonaccorsi

Published: July 1, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264806

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