Emergency medical admissions and COVID-19: impact on 30-day mortality and hospital length of stay.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has put considerable strain on healthcare systems.

Aim: To investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on 30-day in-hospital mortality, length of stay (LOS) and resource utilization in acute medical care.

Methods: We compared emergency medical admissions to a single secondary care centre during 2020 to the preceding 18 years (2002-2019).