Study population | All ER admissions 1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Strata | n | % | n | % |
All patients | 5'036 | 100 | 33'703 | 100 | |
Sex | Male | 3'018 | 59.9 | 19'397 | 57.6 |
Female | 2'018 | 40.1 | 14'299 | 42.4 | |
Unknown | - | - | 7 | 0.02 | |
Age (years) | < 20 | 199 | 4.0 | 2'380 | 7.0 |
20–39 | 1'890 | 37.5 | 12'936 | 38.4 | |
40–59 | 1'610 | 32.0 | 9'460 | 28.1 | |
≥ 60 | 1'337 | 26.5 | 8'927 | 26.5 | |
Admission specialty | Surgery | 2'632 | 52.3 | 19'730 | 58.5 |
Medicine | 2'336 | 46.4 | 13'973 | 41.5 | |
Unknown | 68 | 1.3 | -2 | - | |
Admission season | Nov-Apr | 1'693 | 33.6 | 14'344 | 42.6 |
May-Oct | 3'343 | 66.4 | 19'359 | 57.4 | |
Admission time | Day (7 am – 7 pm) | 4'112 | 81.7 | 22'917 | 68.0 |
Night (7 pm – 7 am) | 856 | 17.0 | 10'786 | 32.0 | |
Unknown | 68 | 1.3 | -2 | - | |
Country of residence | Switzerland | 4'934 | 98.0 | 32'853 | 97.5 |
Other | 102 | 2.0 | 850 | 2.5 | |
Health insurance | Basic | 3'964 | 78.7 | 27'595 | 81.9 |
Semi-private | 685 | 13.6 | 3'650 | 10.8 | |
Private | 165 | 3.3 | 970 | 2.9 | |
Unknown | 222 | 4.4 | 1'488 | 4.4 |