Table 1.
Patient characteristics and outcome on visiting ED and hospital admission within 72 h, n (%)
| All non- conveyed |
p-value | Primary Care Referral | p-value1 | ED Visit |
p-value1 | Hospital Admission | p-value1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 837 (100) | 132 (100) | 136 (100) | 44 (100) | |||||
| Sex | Male | 419 (50) | 70 (53) | 0,096 | 76 (56) | 0,045 | 23 (52) | 0,823 | |
| Female | 397 (47) | 62 (47) | 60 (44) | 21 (48) | |||||
| Missing | 21 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Age Median (Q1, Q3) | 48 (22, 74) | 56 (27, 79) | 0,026 | 52 (28, 78) | 0,051 | 76 (51, 84) | < 0,001* | ||
| Age/Sex | Male | 41 (21, 70) | < 0,001* | 51 (21, 76) | 0,069 | 51 (27, 78) | 0,381 | 70 (45, 81) | 0,204 |
| Female | 52 (28, 78) | 58 (32, 82) | 55 (28, 79) | 79 (66, 86) | |||||
| Age Group | 0–17 | 142 (17) | 17 (13) | 0,078 | 13 (10) | 0,031 | 3 (7) | < 0,001* | |
| 18–39 | 210 (25) | 33 (25) | 41 (30) | 5 (11) | |||||
| 40–64 | 181 (22) | 22 (17) | 25 (18) | 6 (14) | |||||
| 65–79 | 155 (19) | 32 (24) | 31 (23) | 15 (34) | |||||
| 80+ | 135 (16) | 28 (21) | 26 (19) | 15 (34) | |||||
| Missing | 14 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Time of Dispatch | 08:00–17:00 | 358 (43) | 94 (71) | < 0,001* | 66 (49) | 0,090 | 25 (57) | 0,184 | |
| 17:00–00:00 | 320 (38) | 27 (20) | 53 (39) | 13 (30) | |||||
| 00:00–08:00 | 157 (19) | 10 (8) | 17 (13) | 6 (14) | |||||
| EMS Dispatch Priority | 1 | 273 (33) | 43 (33) | 0,188 | 32 (24) | 0,038 | 7 (16) | 0,022 | |
| 2 | 521 (62) | 78 (59) | 97 (71) | 33 (75) | |||||
| 3 | 43 (5) | 11 (8) | 7 (5) | 4 (9) | |||||
| Medical History | No prior illness | 492 (59) | 82 (62) | 0,685 | 66 (49) | 0,003 | 14 (32) | < 0,001* | |
| Circulatory | 187 (22) | 38 (29) | 0,110 | 40 (29) | 0,104 | 21 (48) | < 0,001* | ||
| Diabetes | 52 (6) | 15 (11) | 0,024 | 11 (8) | 0,536 | 4 (9) | 0,492 | ||
| Pulmonary | 48 (6) | 5 (4) | 0,298 | 15 (11) | 0,022 | 7 (16) | 0,021 | ||
| Psychiatric | 131 (16) | 15 (11) | 0,136 | 25 (18) | 0,572 | 11 (25) | 0,210 | ||
| Other | 279 (33) | 43 (33) | 0,469 | 61 (45) | 0,010 | 28 (64) | < 0,001* | ||
| Missing | 66 (8) | 7 (5) | 9 (7) | 2 (5) | |||||
| Mechanism of Injury | Traffic | 157 (19) | 22 (17) | 0,812 | 20 (15) | 0,585 | 0 (0) | < 0,001* | |
| Violence | 123 (15) | 17 (13) | 18 (13) | 4 (9) | |||||
| Fall | 386 (46) | 65 (49) | 67 (49) | 28 (64) | |||||
| Other | 156 (19) | 24 (18) | 26 (19) | 10 (23) | |||||
| Missing | 15 (2) | 4 (3) | 5 (4) | 2 (5) | |||||
| Location | Domestic | 428 (51) | 62 (47) | 0,342 | 64 (47) | 0,539 | 28 (64) | 0,025 | |
| School/Work | 24 (3) | 5 (4) | 5 (4) | 0 (0) | |||||
| Public | 293 (35) | 46 (35) | 46 (34) | 6 (14) | |||||
| Leisure | 42 (5) | 8 (6) | 10 (7) | 3 (7) | |||||
| Other | 16 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 1 (2) | |||||
| Missing | 37 (4) | 11 (8) | 10 (7) | 6 (14) | |||||
1p-value for categories calculated using Fisher-Freeman-Halton Exact Test. P-value for medians calculated using Mann-Whitney U Test. p < 0,001 was considered statistically significant.
2p-value calculated using Kruskal-Wallis H Test.