Spectrum, Pattern, and Clinical Outcomes of Adult Emergency Department Admissions in Selected Hospitals of Western Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Prospective Study

Table 3

Respondents’ main reason for emergency room visit in Nekemte, western Ethiopia, 2017.

No.	Main reason for emergency room visit	Frequency	Percent
1	Health provider advised to go	233	26.20
2	The problem was so serious that other clinics cannot help	81	9.11
3	Arrived by ambulance or other emergency vehicles	181	20.38
4	The patient had no other place to go	207	23.30
5	Emergency room is the closest provider	85	9.61
6	Get most of care at the emergency room	40	4.50
7	Unidentified reason	62	7.04
Total		889	100.0