Table 3.
Characteristics of patient visits to the emergency center.
| Medical accessibility | P value | Test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difficult (n=95) | Easy (n=123) | |||
| Mean number of visits, n | 1.5±2.4 | 2.3±3.0 | 0.001* | |
| Need for admission | ||||
| No | 8 (8.4) | 13 (10.6) | 0.763 | Chi-square |
| Yes | 87 (91.6) | 110 (89.4) | ||
| Hospital days if admitted, median (IQR) | 11.0 (7.0, 24.5) | 16.0 (9.0, 23.0) | 0.406 | |
| Severity of admission | ||||
| Mild-to-moderate | 63 (72.4) | 93 (84.5) | 0.057 | Chi-square |
| Severe | 24 (27.6) | 17 (15.5) | ||
± – standard deviations; Chi-square – Pearson’s Chi-square test.
*
Significant values.