Table 4.

Details of Hand-Audited Initial Calls with Initial Call Dispositions of “Emergent Home Treatment with Follow-Up Call” (Red Zone) or “Urgent Home Treatment with Follow-Up Call” (Yellow Zone) and Linked Follow-Up Calls

	n = 167
Initial call severity zone
Red zone	78 (47%)
Yellow zone	89 (53%)
Any albuterol treatments given during previous 24 hours	131 (78%)
Number of albuterol treatments, mean (standard deviation)	1.2 (0.5)
Oral steroids given during previous 24 hours	12 (7%)
Oral steroids currently available in home	33 (20%)
Number of calls (initial to final)-median (IQR), range	2 (1), 2–7
Number of albuterol treatments given since initial call-mean (SD)	2.2 (1)
Oral steroids given since initial call	27 (16%)
Treatments given as recommended	158 (95%)
Referred to an emergency department during follow-up call	47 (28%)
Initial-to-final severity zone change
Red-Red	39 (50%)
Red-Yellow	15 (19%)
Red-Green	24 (31%)
Yellow-Red	4 (4%)
Yellow-Yellow	29 (33%)
Yellow-Green	56 (63%)

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.