@article{ref1,
title="Impact of football matches on number of visits to an emergency department",
journal="Emergencias",
year="2020",
author="Ballesteros Peña, Sendoa and Fernández Aedo, Irrintzi and Vallejo de la Hoz, Gorka",
volume="32",
number="5",
pages="345-348",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To analyze the impact of a local football (soccer) team's matches on patient demand for hospital emergency department care in Bilbao, in the Spanish province of Biscay.   MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis. We retrieved the number of patients coming to the emergency department on the days and hours of matches played by Bilbao's Athletic Club during the 2017-2019 and 2018-2019 seasons and compared the caseloads with those on the same days of the weeks before and after the matches (control days).   RESULTS: Ninety-five match days were studied. Nineteen of the matches were considered key events. Visits by adults to the emergency department fell by a statistically significant 7.5% (95% CI, 4.6%-11.6%) when matches were being played in Bilbao. The decrease was 8.4% (95% CI, 5.3%-12.6%) when matches were played away. The decrease in pediatric emergencies was 32.7% (95% CI, 7.4%-68.3%) in the hours while important matches were played outside the city.   CONCLUSION: The impact of football on the number of visits to our hospital emergency department was modest, except during important away matches.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1137-6821",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}