Visit Descriptors | Index ED visit | 1st Repeat Visit | 2nd Repeat Visit | 3rd Repeat Visit | 4th Repeat Visit | 5th and subsequent repeat visits |
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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%) |