Table 1.
General characteristics of patients attending the emergency department between 2010 and 2011
| Characteristics | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| All patients | 8,000,529 (100.00) | |
| Age (yr) | 35.00 ± 25.45 | |
| Gender | Male | 4,264,701 (53.31) |
| Insurance | National health insurance | 7,037,411 (87.96) |
| National medical aid | 405,598 (5.07) | |
| Auto insurance | 319,753 (4.00) | |
| Workers’ compensation insurance | 25,045 (0.31) | |
| Private | 2,250 (0.03) | |
| Self-pay | 165,796 (2.07) | |
| Others | 44,676 (0.56) | |
| Disposition | Discharge following recovery | 5,577,472 (69.71) |
| Discharge on grounds of medical futility | 4,293 (0.05) | |
| Other discharge | 321,484 (4.02) | |
| Transfer to other hospital for further management | 50,497 (0.63) | |
| Transfer to other hospital for conservative care | 72,013 (0.90) | |
| Transfer to other hospital for other reason | 8,286 (0.10) | |
| Hospitalization | 1,698,129 (21.23) | |
| Death | 45,966 (0.57) | |
| Discharge against medical advice | 222,389 (2.78) | |
| Trauma | Disease (non-trauma) | 5,780,888 (72.26) |
| Trauma | 2,219,641 (27.74) | |
| Initial level of consciousness | Alert | 7,750,478 (96.87) |
| Responds to voice | 109,645 (1.37) | |
| Responds to pain | 78,881 (0.99) | |
| Unresponsive | 61,525 (0.77) | |
| Type of center | Regional emergency medical centers | 1,221,006 (15.26) |
| Local emergency medical centers | 6,432,224 (80.40) | |
| Specialty care centers | 347,299 (4.34) |
Values are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation.