Well, that’s kinda a difficult question. I’m a paramedic, and I work with a service called Northstar in Northern Arkansas. I like to keep a checkup on my patients that I transfer from their homes/work/accident site/middle of nowhere, and this usually entails asking the ER staff what their outcome was.
I’ve had patients I’ve delivered to the ER dead, women having a baby, Cardiac patients, trauma patients, various sick people, and the outcome of the patient varies…
I’d have to say, from my own experience, that around 3/4 of the patients I transport are admitted for more than 24 hours. My only logic/reason for this is: If you’re sick enough to call me, it’s pretty serious. Now, this is in no way an “complete” survey, but my own experience. I work in a town called Searcy, and I frequently go to little rock, or other metropolitan areas, so I’d say that’s a pretty clear estimate for the northern part of Arkansas.
As a whole, that answer varies from patient to patient. The doctors, nurses, techs, and other staff, in addition to the patients clinical status are all things to consider.
Hope this helps.