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Table 1 Characteristics of ambulance dispatches to patients with 48 h mortality brought to hospital non-emergently

From: Characteristics of low acuity prehospital emergency patients with 48-h mortality, an observational cohort study

 

N

Percentage

Gender

 Female

230

52.9

 Male

205

47.1

Requestor

 1–1–2

147

33.8

 1813—medical helpline

87

20.0

 Other

201

46.2

Call criteria

 Medical problem

349

80.2

 Injury

83

19.1

 Psychiatry

3

0.7

Ambulance response priority to patient

 A

143

32.9

 B

285

65.5

 C

7

1.6

Primary hospital admission diagnosis by ICD-10 chapter

 Respiratory

131

30.1

 Abnormal signs and symptoms

77

17.7

 Cardiovascular

45

10.3

 Gastrointestinal

36

8.3

 Infectious and parasitic

35

8.0

 Trauma

34

7.8

 Other healthcare contacts

25

5.7

 Neoplasms

13

3.0

 Endocrine and metabolic

9

2.1

 Urogenital

9

2.1

 Poisoning

4

0.9

 Hematology

3

0.7

 Neurology

3

0.7

 Orthopedic

3

0.7

 Psychiatry

3

0.7

 No diagnose

5

1.1