5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Patients diagnosed during emergency care may experience higher 1-year mortality across various noncancer conditions.

• 2

  The study analyzed 1.7 million patients diagnosed with 13 non-neoplastic conditions from 1999 to 2019.

• 3

  Emergency diagnoses occurred in over 20% of patients for nine conditions, with the highest rates in Parkinson's disease and COPD.

• 4

  The difference in 1-year mortality between emergency and non-emergency diagnoses was at least 10 percentage points for nine conditions.

• 5

  Patients diagnosed as emergencies were generally older and had greater comorbidity burdens, with variations based on deprivation.