Highlights: There was a noted increase across all utilization metrics this month compared to pre-COVID baselines: psychiatric admissions have the biggest increase in volume going from -31% to -24% below January 2020 baseline. Emergency department visits slightly increased going from -24% last month to -21% below pre-COVID, and ambulatory surgery changed from -12% to -8% (Fig.1). Although October 2022 observation visits remained above the January 2020 pre-COVID baseline for the third month in a row with volume 9% greater than the baseline month, the volume was below both October 2020 and October 2021 by -7% and -4% respectively.

Highlights: Looking at utilization metrics, all measures show an increase in volumes this month. Emergency department visits went from -27% last month to -25%this  month below pre-COVID baselines. The biggest increase in volumes was for ambulatory surgeries going from -21% to -4% below baselines (see Fig. 1). Moreover, there is an increase in newborn admissions, the highest volume in the last 15 months as depicted in Table 11 of the report.

Hospitals submitting June data showed a slight increase in emergency department visits this month going from -28% last month to -27% in June compared to pre-COVID baselines*. Acute care admissions, psychiatric admissions and ambulatory care surgeries on the other hand showed minor decreases in volumes. These are reflected in the percent change graphs displayed in Figure 1 below. Two of the hospitals reporting psychiatric admissions saw their lowest volumes over the 15-month period ending June 2022. See Table 7 of the report for details.