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Table 1 Distribution of patients and ED visits by visit cut-points in each year

From: A practical method for predicting frequent use of emergency department care using routinely available electronic registration data

 

Year (Pat. No.)

Visits cut-point

> = 4

> = 8

> = 16

Patients (%)

2008 (n = 1329645)

8.5

1.6

0.3

2009 (n = 1396313)

9.2

1.7

0.3

2010 (n = 1397338)

8.9

1.6

0.3

Visits (%)

2008 (n = 2367399)

29.8

11.0

3.7

2009 (n = 2551881)

31.3

11.6

3.9

2010 (n = 2528241)

45.1

21.0

3.9