Direct and indirect pathways
| Number of pathways | ||
| Direct pathways (15 in total) | ||
| SEA | Ambulance→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 7865 |
| EA | Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 5277 |
| SA | Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 3496 |
| NSEA | NHS24 telephone triage→Ambulance→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 2725 |
| A | Direct inpatient admission | 2641 |
| NSA | NHS24 telephone triage→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 628 |
| ESA | Emergency department→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 562 |
| NEA | NHS24 telephone triage→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 376 |
| SESA | Ambulance→Emergency department→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 389 |
| ESEA | Emergency department→Ambulance→ Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 86 |
| NA | NHS24 telephone triage→Inpatient admission | 65 |
| OA | Primary-care-out-of-hours→Inpatient admission | 46 |
| OSEA | Primary-care-out-of-hours→Ambulance→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 31 |
| OEA | Primary-care-out-of-hours→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 29 |
| OSA | Primary-care-out-of-hours→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 28 |
| Indirect pathways (most common 15 out of 355 in total) | ||
| SSA | Ambulance→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 169 |
| NSESA | NHS24 telephone triage→Ambulance→Emergency department→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 156 |
| NOSEA | NHS24 telephone triage→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Ambulance→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 148 |
| NOEA | NHS24 telephone triage→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 103 |
| OSA | NHS24 telephone triage→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 92 |
| NOA | NHS24 telephone triage→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Inpatient admission | 77 |
| SSEA | Ambulance→Ambulance→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 57 |
| SOA | Ambulance→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Inpatient admission | 42 |
| NSSA | NHS24 telephone triage→Ambulance→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 40 |
| EEA | Emergency department→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 38 |
| NSOEA | NHS24 telephone triage→Ambulance→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 38 |
| SASA | Ambulance→Inpatient admission→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 35 |
| ESSA | Emergency department→Ambulance→Ambulance→Inpatient admission | 34 |
| NSOA | NHS24 telephone triage→Ambulance→Primary-care-out-of-hours→Inpatient admission | 31 |
| SESEA | Ambulance→Emergency department→Ambulance→Emergency department→Inpatient admission | 30 |