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That's different from country to country. In Denmark hospitalizations are counted as covid hospitalizations for example, even if you arrive due to e.g. a broken
by geewee 6y ago
That's different from country to country. In Denmark hospitalizations are counted as covid hospitalizations for example, even if you arrive due to e.g. a broken leg, but you have covid.
Not sure about deaths though.
- tsimionescu 6y agoOf course they are counted as Covid hospitalizations, because they requires the same special care as all other Covid cases - you can't just put a Covid-infected patient in the regular orthopedics ward, you need to quarantine them and all the staff that comes into contact with them. Also, I doubt the amount of people suffering from broken legs are really skewing those Covid numbers. Most people sick enough to require hospitalization while also infected with Covid will have much higher risks of Covid-related symptoms as well.
- geewee 6y agoCertainly it makes sense when talking about hospital capacity - but it does give a bit of a skewed impression when you're looking at the hospitalizations re: cases. You'd be surprised. Around 1/7th of the covid hospitalizations in Denmark[0] are hospitalized for "other reasons" - where covid is not the primary factor - I'd say that is significant. [0] - https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/braekket-ben-fylder-i-centralt-coronatal-hver-syvende-er-indlagt-af-andre-grunde https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/braekket-ben-fylder-i-cent... (link only in danish, sorry)