Readmissions in the Emergency Department
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Methods All patients admitted to the ED at Hilleroed Hospital were registered during a 6-months period from September 2009 to March 2010. The ED has approximately 50,000 patient contacts annually, a level 2 Trauma centre and the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery and Orthopaedics. Paediatric patients (medicine) and patients to Obstetrics/Gynaecology are admitted directly to the general ward and not through the ED. All contacts resulting in admission were retrieved.
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