Patterns of Nonemergent Visits to Different Healthcare Facilities on the Same Day: A Nationwide Analysis in Taiwan

Table 2

Distribution of a patient’s switches (𝑛=337,260) between different healthcare facilities within one day in the 1,000,000-person cohort in 2010, stratified by accreditation level of healthcare facility.

	Incoming facilities					Total
	Academic medical center	Metropolitan hospital	Local community hospital	Physician clinic	Home care
Outgoing facilities
Academic medical center	1,010	1,672	1,788	20,178	0	24,648
Metropolitan hospital	1,660	1,973	2,419	28,719	0	34,771
Local community hospital	1,471	2,066	2,249	22,229	1	28,016
Physician clinic	9,736	17,362	15,369	207,358	0	249,825
Home care	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13,877	23,073	21,825	278,484	1	337,260