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Table 2 Requests for PCAs (n = 628)

From: Patient-controlled admission contracts: a longitudinal study of patient evaluations

 

n

%

Day of request

 Monday

155

24.7

 Tuesday

86

13.7

 Wednesday

81

12.9

 Thursday

92

14.6

 Friday

93

14.8

 Saturday

59

9.4

 Sunday

62

9.9

Time for request

 Morning (08 through 11)

289

46.0

 Afternoon (12 through 16)

208

33.1

 Evening (17 through 22)

95

15.1

 Night (23 through 07)

21

3.3

 Missing

15

2.4

Result of the request

 Admission

507

80.7

 Rejected because of the 14 days readmission restriction period

5

0.8

 Rejected because of no available bed

92

14.6

 No admission for other reasonsa

24

3.8

  1. aMost frequent other reasons noted by staff were that the patient canceled the admission, called outside of the contracted time of day for requests, or staffing or capacity problems other than lack of an available bed