Research Article
Patient Involvement in Decisions regarding Emergency Department Discharge: A Multimethod Study
Table 1
Characteristics of participants included in the quantitative part, n = 615.
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| | Age mean (range) | | Years | 62.6 (18–96) | | Gender N (%) | | Female | 310 (50.4) | | Male | 305 (49.6) | | Discharge from the ED N (%) | | Going home | 343 (55.8) | | Inpatient | 272 (44.2) | | Living conditionaN (%) | | Living alone | 240 (39.6) | | Living with someone | 366 (60.4) | | Diagnosis at departurebN (%) | | Medical diagnosis | 384 (62.7) | | Surgical diagnosis | 228 (37.3) | | Readmission within the last 30 days N (%) | | No | 478 (77.7) | | Yes | 137 (22.3) | | Psychiatric diagnosis N (%) | | No | 565 (91.1) | | Yes | 50 (8.1) | | Comorbidity (Charlson comorbidity index) N (%) | | None | 93 (15.1) | | Comorbidity | 522 (84.9) |
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amissing n = 9; bmissing n = 3.
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