Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas
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To describe Australian ED workload over the period 2017-2020 using data from twice annual Access Block Point Prevalence Studies, and to identify any impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ Occupancy increased by more than demand 2017-2019, with some decrease in 2020: in June presentations were 12.7% lower than 2019, in September back to the normal range outside Victorian and Major Paediatric Referral hospitals. Future research needs to consider locality, role delineation and work practice change in comparing ED pandemic responses.