The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on temporal trends of workplace violence against healthcare workers in the emergency department

Francesco Brigo, Arian Zaboli, Eleonora Rella, Serena Sibilio, Massimiliano Fanni Canelles, Gabriele Magnarelli, Norbert Pfeifer and Gianni Turcato

Health Policy, 2022, vol. 126, issue 11, 1110-1116

Abstract: It is known that there has been an increase over the years in attacks by patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) on healthcare workers; it is unclear what effect the COVID-19 pandemic has on these attacks.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Healtcar workers; Aggressions; Violence; SARS-CoV-2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.09.010

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