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Table 9 Number of patients in each disease cohort: admissions within 30 days of death

From: Weekend admissions may be associated with poorer recording of long-term comorbidities: a prospective study of emergency admissions using administrative data

Condition

Number of patientsa

Admitted on weekday

Admitted at weekend

Total

Chronic pulmonary disease

12,041

4409

16,450

Diabetes

11,847

4273

16,120

Congestive heart failure

6420

2302

8722

Dementia

4542

1920

6462

Hemiplegia / paraplegia

925

361

1286

Metastatic cancer

1029

360

1389

  1. aPatients with at least two emergency admissions with the relevant condition recorded between 2009 and 2011 and a further admissions within 30 days of death in 2011–2013 where the relevant condition was not the primary diagnosis