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Table 3 Estimated marginal means for daily attendances by month and weekday

From: Who uses emergency departments inappropriately and when - a national cross-sectional study using a monitoring data system

 

Appropriate

Inappropriate

Rate of inappropriate attendances per 100 attendances

n = 13,294,819

n = 1,761,276

 

Mean

EMM

Mean

EMM

Month

January

35,359

35,238

4,587

4,564

11.47

February

36,928

36,945

4,813

4,819

11.54

March

38,927

39,033

5,148

5,166

11.69

April

36,343

36,433

4,852

4,863

11.78

May

36,527

36,406

4,750

4,727

11.49

June

35,797

35,832

4,748

4,761

11.73

 

July

36,191

36,297

5,033

5,038

12.19

 

August

34,350

34,225

4,768

4,756

12.20

 

September

36,746

36,793

4,910

4,929

11.81

 

October

37,351

37,303

4,923

4,898

11.61

 

November

36,529

36,532

4,731

4,738

11.48

 

December

34,891

34,996

4,484

4,502

11.40

 

P

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Weekday

Sunday

35,728

35,730

4,976

4,977

12.23

Monday

40,248

40,290

5,402

5,408

11.83

Tuesday

36,687

36,743

4,764

4,773

11.50

Wednesday

35,820

35,855

4,642

4,645

11.47

 

Thursday

35,771

35,746

4,588

4,586

11.37

 

Friday

35,548

35,513

4,473

4,465

11.17

 

Saturday

34,519

34,475

4,846

4,839

12.31

 

P

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

  1. EMM, estimated marginal mean.