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Study population N = 1,748
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Age groups
a
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%
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≤ 20 years
|
3.3
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21 – 44 years
|
51.9
|
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45 – 59 years
|
32.5
|
|
60 – 64 years
|
5.9
|
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≥ 65 years
|
4.4
|
|
Missing
|
1.9
|
|
Gender
| |
|
Male
|
75.1
|
|
Female
|
23.1
|
|
Missing
|
1.8
|
|
Medical specialties associated with ER
| |
|
Internal medicine
|
46.7
|
|
Addiction
|
25.5
|
|
Mixed medical disciplines
|
15.2
|
|
Surgery
|
6.5
|
|
General Psychiatry
|
5.7
|
|
Other
|
0.4
|
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Mode of discharge
| |
|
Regular
|
67.1
|
|
Own request, against medical advice
|
11.8
|
|
Referral to other hospital
|
3.0
|
|
Missing b
|
18.1 b
|
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a Age of study sample is grouped according to the official statistics of the City Council Dortmund, for the purpose of group comparison in this analysis.
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b 65% of these patients stayed less than 24 h in hospital and 58% of these were not referred to inpatient units.
