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Table 4 Impact of redirection of non-emergencies on public ED attendances in Singapore (redirection carried out from November 1985 to October 1988)

From: Impact of health care system interventions on emergency department utilization and overcrowding in Singapore

Period of monitoring

Average monthly emergency attendances

Average monthly non-emergency attendances

Numbers redirected per month

% Contribution to decrease in non-emergency attendance

1984

16,816

22,311

NA

NA

1985 (Jan to Oct)

19,267

16,747

NA

NA

1985 (Nov to Dec)

17,953

11,003

1,685

13.3%

1986

24,845

6,667

1,512

17.6%

1987

26,248

10,140

1,329

11.6%

1988 (Jan to Oct)

27,932

12,548

1,088

7.9%