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From: Elderly patients re-transferred from long-term care hospitals to emergency departments within 48 h

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Concordance rate of chief complaints (A) and major diseases (B) at the time of initial transfer and re-transfer in elderly patients re-transferred from long-term care hospitals to the emergency department within 48 h. *Only the top 10 chief complaints and major diseases at the time of initial transfer were presented in the graph for patients re-transferred from the long-term care hospitals. (B) Major diseases were ascertained using diseases code (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision).C15-C26: Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs, J09-J18: Influenza and pneumonia, I60-I69: Cerebrovascular diseases, R50-R69: General symptoms and signs, C30-C39: Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs, R00-R09: Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems, N30-N39: Other diseases of the urinary system, K90-K93: Other diseases of the digestive system, I30-I52: Other forms of heart disease, N17-N19: Renal failure

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