Patient demographics, triage category, referral source, diagnosis, length of stay, departure status, and follow-up location were assessed from coding data between March 1st to May 31st in 20, corresponding to the peak case numbers and restrictions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in NSW. MethodsĪ retrospective comparative study of ophthalmic emergency presentations to Campbelltown Hospital (fifth busiest NSW metropolitan ED population 310,000) and Bowral and District Hospital (rural ED population 48,000) before and during COVID-19 was conducted. To analyse ophthalmic presentations to an outer metropolitan and a rural emergency department (ED) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
