Emergency department (ED) re-attendances by primary diagnosis and interval between index and repeat attendance
| Primary diagnosis | Patients | ED attendances | ||||||
| Total | Repeat attendances (%) | Total visits | ED re-attendance rate (%) by interval between index and repeat attendance | |||||
| All | 1–6 days | 7–29 days | 30–179 days | 180–365 days | ||||
| Signs and symptoms of ill-defined conditions | 13850 | 25.1 | 20733 | 50.0 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 36.3 | 39.7 |
| Fractures | 5726 | 19.9 | 7165 | 36.0 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 31.7 | 36.5 |
| Contusion with intact skin surface | 4972 | 23.9 | 6770 | 44.1 | 16.4 | 13.6 | 31.6 | 38.4 |
| Acute respiratory infections | 3498 | 31.2 | 5706 | 57.8 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 39.5 | 42.9 |
| Sprains and strains of joint and adjacent muscles | 3821 | 25.9 | 5666 | 50.0 | 9.5 | 14.0 | 36.6 | 39.9 |
| Ill-defined intestinal infections | 3504 | 24.3 | 4447 | 40.3 | 23.4 | 14.6 | 44.1 | 17.8 |
| Intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature | 3146 | 25.8 | 4210 | 44.6 | 30.3 | 7.7 | 28.2 | 33.8 |
| Infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue | 2272 | 34.6 | 3673 | 59.5 | 26.7 | 13.4 | 29.6 | 30.3 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 2340 | 28.2 | 3465 | 51.5 | 9.6 | 15.1 | 33.0 | 42.3 |
| Pneumonia, organism unspecified | 1857 | 33.8 | 3006 | 59.1 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 37.1 | 41.6 |
| COPD and allied conditions | 1481 | 41.1 | 2924 | 70.4 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 37.4 | 50.2 |
| Gastritis and duodenitis | 1704 | 27.0 | 2426 | 48.7 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 37.4 | 35.7 |
| Open wound of upper limb | 1665 | 15.1 | 2000 | 29.3 | 25.1 | 14.6 | 26.9 | 33.4 |
| Urinary tract infection | 1224 | 26.8 | 1919 | 53.3 | 8.9 | 16.3 | 38.6 | 36.3 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 1354 | 29.2 | 1913 | 49.9 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 40.3 | 43.3 |
| Superficial injury | 1478 | 18.6 | 1839 | 34.6 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 34.1 | 44.0 |
| Foreign body on external eye | 1135 | 16.0 | 1321 | 27.9 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 36.0 | 44.6 |
| Foreign body in pharynx and larynx | 1128 | 10.8 | 1264 | 20.4 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 41.9 | 42.6 |
| Viral and chlamydial infection | 1067 | 24.9 | 1260 | 36.4 | 41.5 | 13.0 | 34.7 | 10.9 |
| Open wound of the head | 983 | 14.3 | 1149 | 26.7 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 32.5 | 44.0 |
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 930 | 18.9 | 1162 | 35.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 35.8 | 38.8 |
| Mental disorders | 916 | 23.0 | 1176 | 40.1 | 8.8 | 17.7 | 51.2 | 22.3 |
| Diabetes | 758 | 35.9 | 1183 | 58.9 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 36.2 | 39.1 |
| Disorders of conjunctiva | 690 | 22.3 | 1030 | 48.0 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 45.0 | 39.4 |
| Open wound of lower limb | 673 | 21.1 | 913 | 41.8 | 29.2 | 20.4 | 29.2 | 21.3 |
| Acute appendicitis | 665 | 16.8 | 801 | 31.0 | 21.3 | 10.3 | 30.1 | 38.2 |
| Heart failure | 627 | 49.1 | 1189 | 73.2 | 3.2 | 13.0 | 42.2 | 41.6 |
| Dengue | 588 | 14.3 | 771 | 34.6 | 51.4 | 3.3 | 13.7 | 31.7 |
| Chickenpox | 409 | 11.2 | 467 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 17.2 | 24.1 | 34.5 |
| Hypertensive disease | 407 | 25.3 | 561 | 45.8 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 28.6 | 49.4 |
| Open wound of head, neck and trunk | 224 | 20.1 | 287 | 37.6 | 27.0 | 20.6 | 36.5 | 15.9 |
| Others | 17080 | 25.2 | 25472 | 32.0 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 37.6 | 42.3 |
| Total | 82172 | 25.1 | 117868 | 47.8 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 34.4 | 36.8 |