Table 1.

Overview of variables to be collected on patient and pharmacist level

Variable	Description	Data source	Timing/time interval
Demography and patient information	Year of birth, community, sex, place of stay, NPR number, comorbidities	NPR EPJ	Retrospective
Stay in ED	Hospital, triaging, time in, time out, site for discharge, admission diagnoses (tentative and established)	NPR EPJ	Retrospective 6 m. before and after ED visit*
Mortality	Mortality within 30 days after ED index stay and cause of death	NPR CDR	Retrospective 6 m. before and after ED visit*

*A larger period than the primary endpoint in order to adjust for long-lasing impacts in the analyses.

CDR, cause of death registry; ED, emergency department; EPJ, electronic patient journal; m, months; NPR, Norwegian Patient Registry.