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Table 6 Number of medical admissions stratified by NEWS2 severity score group

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions

NEWS2 Score

Pre-pandemic (%1)

1st pandemic wave (%1)

Difference

Incidence rate ratio

Confidence interval

P value

Low

1834 (48.9)

1370 (59.9)

464

0.75

0.64–0.85

< 0.001

Low-medium

728 (19.4)

328 (14.3)

400

0.45

0.37–0.53

< 0.001

Medium

566 (15.1)

305 (13.3)

261

0.54

0.46–0.62

< 0.001

High

620 (16.5)

283 (12.4)

337

0.46

0.38–0.54

< 0.001

  1. 1Percent refers to proportion of attendees in a given NEWS2 score group