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Table 3 Number of patients in each disease cohort

From: Weekend admissions may be associated with poorer recording of long-term comorbidities: a prospective study of emergency admissions using administrative data

Condition

Number of patientsa

Admitted on weekday

Admitted at weekend

Total

Chronic pulmonary disease

83,938

27,519

111,457

Diabetes

80,419

26,014

106,433

Congestive heart failure

27,244

9203

36,447

Dementia

22,115

8881

30,996

Hemiplegia / paraplegia

5755

2053

7808

Metastatic cancer

4503

1374

5877

  1. aPatients with at least two emergency admissions with the relevant condition recorded between 2009 and 2011 and a further admission in 2011–2013 where the relevant condition was not the primary diagnosis