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Table 2 Reasons for the URV age below 50 years old within 72-h compared by admission versus discharge

From: The risk factors of the 72-h unscheduled return visit admission to emergency department in adults below 50 years old

Classification

Sub classification

URVNA (n = 2221)

URVA (n = 554)

p value

Illness-related

Progression of disease

604 (27.19)

191 (34.48)

 < 0.001

Illness-related

Recurrent disease progress

387 (17.42)

58 (10.47)

 < 0.001

Illness-related

Complication

99 (4.46)

50 (9.03)

 < 0.001

Illness-related

New problem

404 (18.19)

103 (18.59)

0.83

Physician-related

Misdiagnosis

28 (1.26)

13 (2.35)

0.09

Physician-related

Failure of reassessment

1 (0.04)

1 (0.18)

0.85

Physician-related

Treatment error

1 (0.04)

0 (0.0)

NA

Physician-related

Drug side effect

6 (0.72)

0 (0.0)

NA

Patient-based

Social issue

193 (8.69)

26 (4.69)

0.003

Health care system-related

Hospital issue

20 (0.90)

1 (0.18)

0.14

Others

Others

26 (1.17)

6 (1.08)

1.00

  1. Tested by Chi-square test