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The Experience, Satisfaction, And Emergency Department Utilization Of Pediatric Patients With Sickle Cell Disease During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Alexandra E. Kirsch, Nataly Apollonsky
The Experience, Satisfaction, And Emergency Department Utilization Of Pediatric Patients With Sickle Cell Disease During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Alexandra E. Kirsch, Nataly Apollonsky
Patient Experience Journal
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced how patients utilize healthcare. This study examines the utilization, experience, and satisfaction of patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in the pediatric Emergency Department (ED) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the care they had received before the pandemic. The authors surveyed fifty-eight participants ages 14 months to 20 years who presented to the ED for a complaint related to their SCD during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study analyzed five variables: race, SCD severity, hemoglobin (Hgb) genotype, who completed the questionnaire (patient versus parent/guardian), and whether the ED visit resulted in an admission to the …