Assessment of Pediatric Outpatient Visits for Notifiable Infectious Diseases in a University Hospital in Beijing During COVID-19

Zujin Luo; Shunli Li; Nan Li; Yichong Li; Ying Zhang; Zhixin Cao; Yingmin Ma

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19224

Assessment of Pediatric Outpatient Visits for Notifiable Infectious Diseases in a University Hospital in Beijing During COVID-19

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2019224. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19224.

Authors

Zujin Luo¹, Shunli Li², Nan Li³, Yichong Li⁴, Ying Zhang², Zhixin Cao¹, Yingmin Ma¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Infection and Disease Control, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
³ Research Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Clinical Research and Epidemiology, Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen City, China.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses changes in numbers of pediatric outpatient visits for notifiable infectious diseases acquired through droplet transmission, contact transmission, or both after implementation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related public health measures during the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, China.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care*
Beijing / epidemiology
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Child
Child Health*
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / transmission
Coronavirus Infections* / virology
Disease Notification
Disease Outbreaks*
Fever
Hospitals, University
Humans
Incidence
Infections* / epidemiology
Infections* / transmission
Infections* / virology
Influenza, Human / epidemiology
Influenza, Human / transmission
Office Visits
Outpatients
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / transmission
Pneumonia, Viral* / virology
Public Health Practice*
SARS-CoV-2