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Table 1 Definition of patients’ ED revisits

From: Reducing 48-h emergency department revisits and subsequent admissions: a retrospective study of increased emergency medicine resident floor coverage

 

Related to initial visits

Unrelated to initial visits

Scheduled revisits

A scheduled revisit for which the reason was related to the diagnosis of the initial visit

A scheduled revisit for which the reason was not related to the diagnosis of the initial visit

Unscheduled revisits

An unscheduled revisit for which the reason was related to the diagnosis of the initial visit

An unscheduled revisit for which the reason was not related to the diagnosis of the initial visit