The impact of SARS on hospital performance

Table 1 Average monthly service volumes of the outpatient, inpatient and emergency services before, during and after the SARS epidemic

Year	Pre-SARS mean ± SD	During SARS mean ± SD	%	Post SARS (1^st yr) mean ± SD	%	Post SARS (2^nd yr) mean ± SD	%
Outpatients^$	52317 ± 4204	28950 ± 11731*	55	42906 ± 4047*	82	43715 ± 2758*	84
Emergency services^$	4382 ± 356	1975 ± 1242*	45	3395 ± 345*	77	3824 ± 346	87
Inpatients^$	8520 ± 909	3678 ± 2350*	43	6863 ± 486*	81	7371 ± 471*	87

* p < 0.05, significantly less than the Pre-SARS year (2002)
^$ Outpatient and emergency service volumes: number of visits, inpatient service volumes: number of inpatient days.

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