European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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To describe the pattern of main diagnoses of persons discharged home from the emergency department. ⋯ The proportion of emergency-department users, who are discharged without admission to hospital, increased and exceeded 70% of total cases received. On average, 20% of the discharge diagnoses were in the category 'symptoms, signs, abnormal findings, and ill-defined causes'. The pattern of discharge diagnoses can be assumed to reflect an increased load on the emergency department.