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Table 3 Post-ED disposition

From: Unscheduled return visits to a Dutch inner-city emergency department

 

Post-ED disposition after a visit of a patient who did not return (n= 41,750)

Post-ED disposition after an unscheduled return visit (n= 2,492)

Pvaluea

Discharge [n (%)]

33,770 (80.9)

2,037 (81.7)

0.29

Hospital admission, regular ward [n (%)]

7,145 (17.1)

401 (16.1)

0.19

Hospital admission, special careb [n (%)]

76 (0.2)

2 (0.1)

0.24

Discharge against medical advice or LWBSc [n (%)]

727 (1.7)

52 (2.1)

0.20

Morgue [n (%)]

32 (0.1)

0

0.17

  1. aχ2 test. bSpecial care: intensive care unit, coronary care unit or stroke unit. cLWBS: patients left the ED without being seen by a physician.