Table 3 Days between admissions, by primary diagnoses

Days between 1st & 2nd admission^a

(Median, interquartile range (IQR))

40, 0–372

(n = 741)

368, 105–640

(n = 331)

131, 14–381

(n = 202)

Days between 2nd & 3rd admission

(Median, IQR)

0, 0–117

(n = 437)

225, 41–427

(n = 113)

79, 11–262

(n = 66)

Days between 3rd & 4th admission

(Median, IQR)

0, 0–0

(n = 305)

53, 4–166

(n = 45)

144, 15–255

(n = 24)