Discharge instructions for emergency department patients: what should we provide?

David McD Taylor; Peter A Cameron

doi:10.1136/emj.17.2.86

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Discharge instructions for emergency department patients: what should we provide?

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Apr 2001	9	34	17
May 2001	4	9	2
Jun 2001	2	4	0
Jul 2001	2	4	1
Aug 2001	2	1	1
Sep 2001	0	3	5
Oct 2001	4	4	1
Nov 2001	5	8	1
Dec 2001	1	2	0
Jan 2002	1	8	2
Feb 2002	2	5	0
Mar 2002	0	6	0
Apr 2002	2	5	1
May 2002	4	1	0
Jun 2002	5	4	1
Jul 2002	2	3	0
Aug 2002	0	2	0
Sep 2002	3	2	0
Oct 2002	2	4	0
Nov 2002	3	5	1
Dec 2002	3	0	0
Jan 2003	7	6	0
Feb 2003	0	2	0
Mar 2003	4	6	7
Apr 2003	2	8	2
May 2003	6	12	3
Jun 2003	2	7	1
Jul 2003	10	69	1
Aug 2003	15	14	7
Sep 2003	7	11	1
Oct 2003	11	59	0
Nov 2003	12	20	1
Dec 2003	5	7	1
Jan 2004	15	10	0
Feb 2004	13	8	3
Mar 2004	12	9	2
Apr 2004	10	11	0
May 2004	34	34	3
Jun 2004	36	41	1
Jul 2004	38	43	12
Aug 2004	18	40	7
Sep 2004	34	93	10
Oct 2004	37	91	13
Nov 2004	20	116	12
Dec 2004	14	85	14
Jan 2005	14	121	32
Feb 2005	21	125	15
Mar 2005	18	80	12
Apr 2005	18	74	12
May 2005	8	49	21
Jun 2005	8	32	12
Jul 2005	14	45	9
Aug 2005	7	33	11
Sep 2005	8	46	17
Oct 2005	35	71	23
Nov 2005	13	96	15
Dec 2005	15	54	16
Jan 2006	13	66	15
Feb 2006	16	63	21
Mar 2006	11	33	18
Apr 2006	19	46	17
May 2006	6	36	7
Jun 2006	16	29	17
Jul 2006	19	42	13
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Aug 2007	56	28	33
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Oct 2007	74	23	12
Nov 2007	61	10	11
Dec 2007	36	22	8
Jan 2008	36	24	15
Feb 2008	39	13	8
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Jun 2008	49	10	6
Jul 2008	74	20	12
Aug 2008	76	11	9
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Oct 2008	83	14	12
Nov 2008	50	8	2
Dec 2008	53	14	6
Jan 2009	76	21	11
Feb 2009	71	15	8
Mar 2009	75	22	17
Apr 2009	76	14	9
May 2009	54	13	7
Jun 2009	81	21	13
Jul 2009	59	16	8
Aug 2009	66	13	2
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Nov 2009	83	23	4
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Jun 2010	124	21	9
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Oct 2010	128	23	7
Nov 2010	154	36	4
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Nov 2011	198	173	22
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Feb 2012	46	315	24
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Apr 2012	35	262	17
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Jun 2012	30	458	29
Jul 2012	68	465	30
Aug 2012	38	458	25
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Oct 2012	48	466	45
Nov 2012	36	446	51
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Jul 2013	20	252	49
Aug 2013	25	279	77
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Oct 2013	32	247	107
Nov 2013	31	274	42
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Jul 2014	31	379	78
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Oct 2014	23	312	13
Nov 2014	30	337	42
Dec 2014	18	238	21
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Feb 2015	24	298	54
Mar 2015	40	343	38
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May 2015	35	356	24
Jun 2015	38	300	18
Jul 2015	15	338	15
Aug 2015	27	322	16
Sep 2015	34	620	31
Oct 2015	14	414	17
Nov 2015	25	432	15
Dec 2015	27	317	17
Jan 2016	33	359	31
Feb 2016	19	376	41
Mar 2016	28	404	24
Apr 2016	24	478	36
May 2016	22	354	34
Jun 2016	20	354	22
Jul 2016	23	415	21
Aug 2016	21	380	15
Sep 2016	24	502	23
Oct 2016	27	437	25
Nov 2016	19	458	19
Dec 2016	15	406	27
Jan 2017	29	457	28
Feb 2017	8	262	31
Mar 2017	21	299	38
Apr 2017	12	549	26
May 2017	6	462	35
Jun 2017	75	325	34
Jul 2017	141	132	26
Aug 2017	185	162	52
Sep 2017	348	336	40
Oct 2017	493	458	27
Nov 2017	490	472	26
Dec 2017	540	526	20
Jan 2018	685	657	24
Feb 2018	666	602	24
Mar 2018	639	609	44
Apr 2018	604	582	52
May 2018	579	553	67
Jun 2018	627	624	54
Jul 2018	540	522	75
Aug 2018	674	654	86
Sep 2018	659	639	77
Oct 2018	854	841	68
Nov 2018	798	764	73
Dec 2018	624	606	44
Jan 2019	736	712	50
Feb 2019	781	750	53
Mar 2019	669	653	71
Apr 2019	751	732	42
May 2019	672	663	70
Jun 2019	703	687	38
Jul 2019	681	669	57
Aug 2019	679	655	52
Sep 2019	684	664	68
Oct 2019	788	769	44
Nov 2019	790	776	42
Dec 2019	521	507	29
Jan 2020	621	609	41
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Mar 2020	479	452	26
Apr 2020	416	409	28
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Jun 2020	327	319	26
Jul 2020	374	366	14
Aug 2020	392	384	30
Sep 2020	517	504	35
Oct 2020	740	726	75
Nov 2020	553	528	36
Dec 2020	531	514	45
Jan 2021	603	581	34
Feb 2021	668	651	47
Mar 2021	354	336	44
Apr 2021	289	278	21
May 2021	222	202	31
Jun 2021	166	168	30
Jul 2021	175	176	11
Aug 2021	393	396	22
Sep 2021	463	469	27
Oct 2021	533	519	70
Nov 2021	526	525	62
Dec 2021	452	447	27
Jan 2022	530	533	31
Feb 2022	529	524	52
Mar 2022	651	632	116
Apr 2022	600	592	27
May 2022	607	592	41
Jun 2022	509	507	34
Jul 2022	530	522	119
Aug 2022	550	548	36
Sep 2022	615	613	106
Oct 2022	785	779	43
Nov 2022	600	594	27
Dec 2022	396	387	20
Jan 2023	606	580	45
Feb 2023	767	764	42
Mar 2023	758	742	43
Apr 2023	628	619	35
May 2023	754	754	34
Jun 2023	809	798	55
Jul 2023	850	839	38
Aug 2023	753	747	41
Sep 2023	679	664	62
Oct 2023	758	721	54
Nov 2023	678	679	30
Dec 2023	801	129	14
Jan 2024	329	23	2
Feb 2024	435	18	3
Mar 2024	895	33	6
Total	55060	72184	7562

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