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Stay characteristics of all those at index admission (n = 7286)
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Stay characteristics of all those at first readmission (n = 677a)
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Stay characteristics of all those at second readmission (n = 176)
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Stay characteristics of all those at third readmission (n = 60)
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Stay characteristics of all those at fourth readmission (n = 31)
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Stay characteristics of all those at fifth readmission (n = 16)
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Average length of stay (in days)
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0.739
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1.354
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2.017
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2.783
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3.451
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2.187
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Died this admission (number of people)b
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NA
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Admission took place on a traditional drinking day?
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70.3%
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57.9%
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48.9%
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46.7%
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41.9%
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25.0%
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Average number of days since discharge from last alcohol-related admission
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NA
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503.8
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297.2
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239.1
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199.1
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142.4
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a Note that the numbers included each column are not the same as those given in Table Three, because the figures here are cumulative – Table Two notes that 501 people had a first readmission and never came back, but here the total of 677 includes both these people, and also the people who went onto have additional readmissions later
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b The “discharge” codes in HES are limited in that they do not capture deaths occurring post discharge from hospital. This can cause incompleteness or bias in some comparative analyses
