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Table 3 Percent change in patient visit of inpatient, outpatient, and emergency departments associated with the war and COVID-19, ACSH, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017–2021 (N = 1,064,340)

From: Impact of a double catastrophe, war and COVID-19, on health service utilization of a tertiary care hospital in Tigray: an interrupted time-series study

Service area

Coefficient (95% CI)

P-value

Inpatient

  

Level change after COVID-19, \(\beta\)2

-35.6% (-48.2%, -23.1%)

< 0.001

Level change after war, \(\beta\)4

-44.3% (-67.2%, -21.5%)

< 0.001

Outpatient

 

Level change after COVID-19, \(\beta\)2

-60.6% (-71.6%, -49.5%)

< 0.001

Level change after war, \(\beta\)4

-52.1% (-82.7%, -21.5%)

0.001

Emergency

 

Level change after COVID-19, \(\beta\)2

-44.1% (-59.5%, -28.7%)

< 0.001

Level change after war, \(\beta\)4

-45.0% (-74.8%, -15.2%)

0.004

  1. CI: Confidence interval, SE: Standard error