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| Variable | All patients (n=2000) |
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| Patient characteristics | |
| Age at ED visit, mean ± SD | 78 ± 6.2 |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Men | 1048 (52) |
| Women | 952 (48) |
| Presence of (signs of) cognitive impairment, n (%) | 346 (17) |
| Polypharmacy, n (%) | 1310 (66) |
| CACI, mean ± SD | 5.6 ± 2.1 |
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| Organizational factors | |
| Day of presentation, n (%) | |
| Monday through Friday | 1536 (77) |
| Saturday and Sunday | 464 (23) |
| Time of presentation, n (%) | |
| Night (00.00 - 6.59) | 138 (6.9) |
| Morning (7.00 - 11.59) | 406 (20) |
| Afternoon (12.00 - 17.59) | 980 (49) |
| Evening (18.00 - 23.59) | 476 (24) |
| Number of consultations per patient, mean ± SD | 0.47 ± 0.74 |
| Number of diagnostic interventions per patient, mean ± SD | 2.2 ± 1.4 |
| Number of therapeutic interventions per patient, mean ± SD | 0.96 ± 0.33 |
| Mode of presentation, n (%) | |
| General practitioner | 760 (38) |
| Specialist of our institution | 561 (28) |
| Emergency call | 447 (22) |
| Self-referral | 157 (7.9) |
| Another hospital | 75 (3.8) |
| Method of transport, n (%) | |
| Self-transport | 1171 (59) |
| Ambulance | 782 (39) |
| MMT/trauma helicopter | 33 (1.7) |
| Other | 14 (0.70) |
| Seniority of physician, n (%) | |
| Resident | 1678 (84) |
| Attending specialist | 322 (16) |
| Assigned urgency, n (%) | |
| U0 | 101 (5.1) |
| U1 - U2 | 876 (44) |
| U3 - U4 | 751 (38) |
| U5 or missing | 272 (14) |
| Destination after ED visit, n (%) | |
| Admitted to hospital | 1251 (63) |
| Discharged | 735 (37) |
| Deceased at the ED | 14 (0.70) |
| Revisits, n (%) | |
| Revisits < 15 days | 173 (8.6) |
| Revisits 15-30 days | 99 (5,0) |
| Revisits < 30 days | 272 (13.6) |
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| Clinical factors | |
| Presenting complaint, n (%) | |
| Internal medicine | 1032 (52) |
| Trauma | 329 (16) |
| Neurological | 285 (14) |
| Altered consciousness | 119 (6.0) |
| Sequelae of medical procedure | 112 (5.6) |
| Other | 64 (3.2) |
| High impact trauma | 34 (1.7) |
| Resuscitation | 25 (1.3) |
| Diagnosis at ED visit, n (%) | |
| Internal medicine | 642 (32) |
| Neurology | 339 (17) |
| Surgical, other than trauma | 325 (16) |
| Cardiology or pulmonology | 308 (15) |
| Trauma | 237 (12) |
| Other | 106 (5.3) |
| Resuscitation | 26 (1.3) |
| Multitrauma | 17 (0.85) |
| Treating specialty, n (%) | |
| Emergency physician | 729 (36) |
| Internal medicine | 462 (23) |
| Neurology | 216 (11) |
| Surgery | 193 (9.7) |
| Other | 173 (8.7) |
| Pulmonology | 123 (6.2) |
| Geriatrics | 104 (5.2) |
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