TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Impact of football matches on number of visits to an emergency department
JO  - Emergencias
A1  - Ballesteros Peña, Sendoa
A1  - Fernández Aedo, Irrintzi
A1  - Vallejo de la Hoz, Gorka
SP  - 345
EP  - 348
VL  - 32
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - es
SN  - 1137-6821
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -