Table 1.
ICD- and CHOP-codes of selected procedures.
Fig 1.
Weekly numbers of total admissions by years 2016–2021 and of Covid-19 cases in 2020.
The graph shows the weekly numbers of total admissions in the years 2016–2021 and the numbers of Covid-19 cases in 2020 [3] during the calendar weeks 2–51. Start is week 2 because this was the first complete week, i.e., the first week that consisted of seven days in the years 2019 and 2020. Week 52 is not displayed as surgery activity in this week highly depends on when the holidays were within this week. The shaded area indicates the lockdown (calendar weeks 12–17).
Fig 2.
Change in numbers of weekly admissions by regions, hospital type and age 2020 vs. 2019.
The graph shows the relative differences of the weekly admissions (1, left) and the cumulative differences (2, right) in 2020 compared to 2019 by regions (A, top), hospital type (B, middle) and patient age (C, bottom). The percentage value next to each subgroup label in the legend indicates the overall annual difference for that subgroup. Start is week 2 because this was the first complete week, i.e., the first week that consisted of seven days in the years 2019 and 2020. Week 52 is not displayed for the weekly admissions, as surgery activity in this week highly depends on when the holidays were within this week. The shaded area indicates the lockdown (calendar weeks 12–17).
Fig 3.
Change in number of weekly admissions 2020 vs. 2019 for selected procedures.
Elective surgery (top row, left), cancer surgery (top row, right), emergencies (bottom row). Start is week 2 because this was the first complete week, i.e., the first week that consisted of seven days in the years 2019 and 2020. Week 52 is not displayed as surgery activity in this week highly depends on when the holidays were within this week. The shaded areas indicate the lockdown (calendar weeks 12–17).
Table 2.
Differences in admission numbers of selected procedures 2020–2021.