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Patients admitted but had UGIB or transferred between hospitals were excluded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Baseline demographic characteristics and clinical parameters were recorded at the first visit. Data were collected from electronic records and databases. Multivariable logistic regression modelling was performed to identify predictors of safe discharge.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>304\/606 (50.2%) and 132\/216 (61.1%) patients were not safely discharged in the derivation and validation cohorts, respectively. A clinical risk score of five variables was entered into UGIB risk stratification: Charlson Comorbidity Index &gt;2, systolic blood pressure &lt;100 mm Hg, haemoglobin &lt;100 g\/L, blood urea nitrogen \u22656.5 mmol\/L, albumin &lt;30 g\/L. The optimal cut-off value was \u22651, the sensitivity was 97.37% and the specificity was 19.21% for predicting the inability to discharge safely. 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