First and second wave dynamics of emergency department utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective study in 3 hospitals in The Netherlands

• Robi Dijk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Robi Dijk, Patricia Plaum

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands

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• Patricia Plaum ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Robi Dijk, Patricia Plaum

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands

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• Stan Tummers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Zuyderland Medical Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands

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• Frits H. M. van Osch ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: f.vanosch@maastrichtuniversity.nl

  Affiliations School of Nutrition and Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-2560

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• Dennis G. Barten,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-9491

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• Gideon H. P. Latten

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Zuyderland Medical Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-5242

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