Description by number of recurrent visits
| Number of recurrent visits | Age | Number of patients (%) | Mean days between visits | Arrival by EMS (%) | Medical (%) | Chronic underlying disease (%) | Trauma (%) | Male (%) | Admission (%) | Length of ED stay (min) | Public medical insurance (%) |
| P<0.01 | P<0.01 | P<0.01 | P<0.01 | P=0.12 | P<0.01 | P<0.01 | P<0.01 | P=0.07 | P<0.01 | ||
| None | 4.46±4.3 | 23 384 (69.2) | NA | 1168 (5.21) | 17 169 (73.4) | 6770 (29.0) | 5568 (23.8) | 12 986 (58.0) | 2597 (11.1) | 138.6±160.1 | 22 302 (95.4) |
| One | 3.72±4.0 | 5610 (16.6) | 114.6±111.0 | 299 (5.3) | 4013 (71.5) | 1579 (28.1) | 1481 (26.3) | 3256 (58.0) | 556 (9.9) | 140.2±160.4 | 5425 (96.7) |
| Two | 3.08±3.5 | 2353 (7.0) | 99.8±103.4 | 121 (5.1) | 1732 (73.6) | 657 (28.0) | 582 (24.7) | 1400 (59.4) | 258 (11.0) | 140.5±156.5 | 2292 (97.4) |
| Three | 2.82±3.4 | 1172 (3.5) | 83.4±91.3 | 62 (5.2) | 846 (72.1) | 327 (28.0) | 303 (25.8) | 727 (62.0) | 119 (10.2) | 137.2±152.9 | 1126 (96.1) |
| Four or more | 2.24±2.8 | 1246 (3.7) | 69.0±82.5 | 84 (6.7) | 937 (75.2) | 347 (27.8) | 280 (22.4) | 786 (63.0) | 153 (12.3) | 147.8±169.8 | 1204 (96.6) |
| Overall | 4.1±4.2 | 33 765 | 102.2±105.3 | 1734 (5.1) | 24 697 (73.1) | 9680 (28.7) | 8214 (24.3) | 19 155 (56.7) | 3683 (10.9) | 139.3±160.1 | 32 349 (95.8) |
Mean±SD.
ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical services.