Table 1.
Emergency inpatient discharges: 2010–2015
| Number of discharges | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of emergency inpatient discharges | 2,237,026 | |
| Year of discharge | ||
| 2010 | 339,994 | |
| 2011 | 343,294 | |
| 2012 | 375,414 | |
| 2013 | 383,411 | |
| 2014 | 394,963 | |
| 2015 | 399,950 | |
| Mean | SD | |
| Length of stay | 6.42 | 15.56 |
| Tier 1 ED hospital discharges | 0.91 | – |
| Age | 49.64 | 27.60 |
| Medical card | 0.586 | – |
| Number of diagnoses | 3.93 | 3.19 |
| Weighted Charlson score | 0.78 | 1.63 |
| Mode of emergency admission | ||
| Emergency department | 0.732 | – |
| AMAU | 0.166 | – |
| Other | 0.102 | – |
| Readmission | 0.012 | 0.109 |
| Emergency admissions per hospital per month | 1174 | 513 |
| Discharge destination | ||
| Home | 0.852 | – |
| Long stay | 0.054 | – |
| Transfer | 0.055 | – |
| Died | 0.026 | – |
| Other | 0.013 | – |
| Admission day | ||
| Sunday | 0.096 | – |
| Monday | 0.156 | – |
| Tuesday | 0.166 | – |
| Wednesday | 0.161 | – |
| Thursday | 0.157 | – |
| Friday | 0.157 | – |
| Saturday | 0.107 | – |
| Marital status | ||
| Single/widowed/separated/other | 0.626 | – |
| Married | 0.374 | – |
In the 2011–2015 period, only 17.6% of discharges reported a named health insurer
†Proportion of the sample in each category