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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of index emergency department visit and subsequent repeat visits over one year

From: Repeat emergency department visits by nursing home residents: a cohort study using health administrative data

Visit Descriptors

Index ED visit

1st Repeat Visit

2nd Repeat Visit

3rd Repeat Visit

4th Repeat Visit

5th and subsequent repeat visits

 

N = 25,653

N = 12,505

N = 5901

N = 2859

N = 1434

N = 1690

Type of ED visit, n (%)

 Potentially preventable

6479 (25.3%)

3380 (27.0%)

1697 (28.8%)

821 (28.7%)

422 (29.4%)

486 (28.8%)

 Fall-related injury

5119 (20.0%)

1872 (15.0%)

723 (12.3%)

314 (11.0%)

138 (9.6%)

93 (5.5%)

 Non-fall injury

829 (3.2%)

324 (2.6%)

125 (2.1%)

49 (1.7%)

18 (1.3%)

32 (1.9%)

 Low Acuity

1458 (5.7%)

758 (6.1%)

297 (5.0%)

146 (5.1%)

79 (5.5%)

91 (5.4%)

 Other

11,768 (45.9%)

6171 (49.3%)

3059 (51.8%)

1529 (53.5%)

777 (54.2%)

988 (58.5%)

Same ED Visit type as visit immediately preceding, n (%)

N/A

5452 (43.6%)

2556 (43.3%)

1497 (52.4%)

777 (54.2%)

1002 (59.3%)

Timing of ED visit relative to visit immediately preceding

 Immediate (< 3 days)

N/A

641 (5.1%)

371 (6.3%)

182 (6.4%)

102 (7.1%)

165 (9.8%)

 Short-term (3-10 days)

N/A

1449 (11.6%)

830 (14.1%)

488 (17.1%)

253 (17.6%)

367 (21.7%)

 Long-term (11-90 days)

N/A

5039 (40.3%)

2895 (49.1%)

1537 (53.8%)

816 (56.9%)

970 (57.4%)

 Distant (> 90 days)

N/A

5376 (43.0%)

1805 (30.6%)

652 (22.8%)

263 (18.3%)

188 (11.1%)

ED Visit disposition, N (%)

 Admitted to hospital

11,163 (43.5%)

5657 (45.2%)

2762 (46.8%)

1318 (46.1%)

660 (46.0%)

709 (42.0%)

 Died in ED

0 (0.0%)

100 (0.8%)

63 (1.1%)

22 (0.8%)

10 (0.7%)

12 (0.7%)

 Returned to LTC

14,490 (56.5%)

6748 (54.0%)

3076 (52.1%)

1519 (53.1%)

764 (53.3%)

969 (57.3%)

Days in hospital among those admitted

 Mean ± SD

6.71 ± 8.44

7.18 ± 8.69

7.95 ± 14.16

7.27 ± 8.45

8.78 ± 19.07

8.16 ± 16.36

 Median (IQR)

5 (3–8)

5 (3–9)

5 (3–9)

5 (3–9)

6 (3–10)

5 (2–9)

 Died without making another ED Visit, n (%)

4899 (19.1%)

4139 (33.1%)

1957 (33.2%)

969 (33.9%)

464 (32.4%)

514 (30.4%)