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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2019; 25(17): 2122-2132
Published online May 7, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i17.2122
Published online May 7, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i17.2122
Table 1 Inflammatory bowel disease patient encounters and proportion that were with the patient’s ‘home provider’
| Total encounters | ‘Home provider’ encounters | ‘Home provider’ proportion (%/% provider range) | |
| Accident and emergency | 110300 | 80836 | 73.3 (37.0-94.3) |
| Inpatient | 304996 | 267540 | 87.8 (57.2-98.5) |
| Outpatient | 1344860 | 1117779 | 83.1 (55.7-96.9) |
| Total | 1760156 | 1466155 | 83.3 |
Table 2 The 20 most frequently accessed outpatient services and corresponding proportion of total outpatient services
| Outpatient service(HES Code) | Frequency (% of total services listed) |
| Gastroenterology (301) | 546768 (39.8) |
| General surgery (100) | 55126 (4.0) |
| Ophthalmology (130) | 53237 (3.9) |
| Trauma and orthopaedics (110) | 52510 (3.8) |
| Rheumatology (410) | 50781 (3.7) |
| Colorectal surgery (104) | 41094 (3.0) |
| Dermatology (330) | 39392 (2.8) |
| Physiotherapy (650) | 36895 (2.7) |
| General medicine (300) | 32595 (2.4) |
| Cardiology (320) | 29748 (2.2) |
| Diagnostic imaging (812) | 29454 (2.1) |
| Urology (101) | 27939 (2.0) |
| Gynaecology (502) | 25260 (1.8) |
| Obstetrics (501) | 22805 (1.7) |
| Respiratory medicine (340) | 22238 (1.6) |
| Ear, nose and throat (120) | 21953 (1.6) |
| Clinical haematology (303) | 21031 (1.5) |
| Anticoagulant service (324) | 18013 (1.3) |
| Nephrology (361) | 14847 (1.1) |
| Clinical oncology (800) | 14522 (1.1) |
- Citation: Warren LR, Clarke JM, Arora S, Barahona M, Arebi N, Darzi A. Transitions of care across hospital settings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(17): 2122-2132
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i17/2122.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i17.2122