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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.
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