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Table 3 Most common medical speciality for hospital admission for people allocated Z51.5 code: England 2013–2017

From: Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of the management of people with palliative care needs in the emergency department of a UK hospital

Code

Description

Rest of England (% total admission specialities)

300

General Medicine

649,965 (13.34%)

370

Medical Oncology

538,311 (11.05%)

800

Clinical Oncology

456,721 (9.37%)

303

Clinical Haematology

443,853 (9.11%)

361

Nephrology

257,024 (5.27%)

430

Geriatrics

217,531 (4.46%)

340

Thoracic Medicine

191,445 (3.93%)

301

Gastroenterology

168,083 (3.45%)

100

General Surgery

153,583 (3.15%)

101

Urology

113,070 (2.32%)