Where have all the children gone? Decreases in paediatric emergency department attendances at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK rachel.isba@nhs.net.
² Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
³ Paediatric Emergency Department, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
⁴ Emergency Department, Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham, UK.

Rachel Isba et al. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;105(7):704.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319385. Epub 2020 May 6.

¹ Emergency Department, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, UK rachel.isba@nhs.net.
² Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
³ Paediatric Emergency Department, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
⁴ Emergency Department, Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham, UK.

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Keywords: accident & emergency; epidemiology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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