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Table 3 Decision on hospital and time between indication of hospitalisation and admission

From: Hospital choice in Germany from the patient’s perspective: a cross-sectional study

 

Respondents

n

Respondents

%

95% confidence interval

Decision-maker

1918

100

 

 Patient

1207

63.0

60.9–65.2

 Emergency rescue service

237

12.4

10.9–13.9

 Family doctor

164

8.5

7.3–9.8

 Specialist

144

7.5

6.3–8.7

 Hospital outpatient department

62

3.2

2.4–4.0

 Other

54

2.8

2.1–3.5

 Relatives

50

2.6

1.9–3.3

Time prior to admission

1921

100

 

 Admission on same day

980

51.0

48.8–53.2

 Admission on following day

91

4.7

3.8–5.6

 2–7 days

436

22.7

20.8–24.6

 8–28 days

298

15.5

13.9–17.1

 More than 4 weeks

108

5.6

4.6–6.6

 Don’t know

9

0.5

0.2–0.8