About 15,000 emergent otorhinolaryngology patients, came to our hospital during extrahours.
Compared with the total number of otorhinolaryngology patients, the rate of the extrahour patients are increasing, and the rate of otitis media of infants is still large.
As for emergent admission, the rate of foreign body in esophagus is incerasin g. There are, possibly, many other factors which affect the changes of the extrahours patients.
We feel that primary care accomondations of otorhinolaryngology should be provided.
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