Table 3.
Medical resources of the study population in relation with PED visit acuity
| Medical resources | Number of observations available |
All PED visits N = 778 |
Low-acuity PED visits N = 452 |
High-acuity PED visits N = 326 |
p-value† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has a paediatrician or GP | 756 | 698 | (92%) | 414 | (93%) | 284 | (91%) | 0.167 |
| Paediatrician or GP not seen during the last year | 645 | 38 | (6%) | 20 | (5%) | 18 | (7%) | 0.309 |
| Asked for medical advice before coming to PED | 638 | 350 | (55%) | 187 | (50%) | 163 | (62%) | 0.002 |
| Already visited a PED in the last 6 months | 744 | 275 | (37%) | 186 | (43%) | 89 | (29%) | < 0.001 |
PED Paediatric emergency department, GP General practitioner
Values expressed as number (%). For proportion, the denominator is the number of observations available
Definition of low-acuity PED visits: Triage ATS 4 or 5, no laboratory nor imaging tests and no hospital admission
†p-value for comparison of acuity. Pearson’s χ2 test