February 2022 Utilization Report

Highlights: Analysis of utilization metrics relative to pre-COVID baseline shows a continued decrease of acute care admissions this month as they now stand at 23% below pre-COVID baseline, and emergency department visits still on the downward trend at 39% below baseline. Conversely, there is an uptick in ambulatory surgeries and psychiatric admissions this month, with a 17% and 8% increase respectively. The psychiatric admissions increase is reflected in the bottom graph on page 15 of the report, which depicts all but one hospital observing a higher volume.