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Table 3.

Numbers (percentage) of all patients in both hospitals with an unnecessary early referral (bold figures), broken down into patients who were referred in the fast-track or standard procedure

	Pre-test	First post-test	Adjusted odds ratio^a (95 CI)	Second post-test	Adjusted odds ratio^a (95% CI)
All patients	27 (15)	19 (9)	0.52 (0.28–0.96)^b	25 (8)	0.48 (0.27–0.86)^b
Fast-track patients		7 (6)	0.36 (0.15–0.86)^b	11 (7)	0.43 (0.21–0.91)^b
Standard referrals		12 (11)	0.69 (0.33–1.45)	14 (9)	0.52 (0.26–1.04)

CI, confidence Interval. ^aAdjusted for the effect of hospital. ^bSignificant difference compared to pre-test.