Table 4.
Self-referral | Emergency medical services | p-value | OR (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 3789 (32.7%) | 7792 (67.3%) | ||
Leading coronary diagnosis | ||||
Acute coronary syndrome | 30.3% | 46.9% | < 0.0001 | 0.49 (0.45–0.53) |
STEMI | 2.4% | 7.7% | < 0.0001 | 0.30 (0.24–0.37) |
NSTEMI | 9.3% | 19.7% | < 0.0001 | 0.42 (0.37–0.47) |
Unstable angina | 18.6% | 19.6% | 0.20 | 0.94 (0.85–1.04) |
Stable angina | 9.7% | 7.8% | < 0.001 | 1.27 (1.11–1.45) |
Leading non-coronary diagnosis | ||||
Acute arrhythmias | 20.2% | 18.7% | 0.07 | 1.10 (0.99–1.21) |
Hypertensive crisis | 8.5% | 6.8% | < 0.05 | 1.27 (1.00–1.61) |
Decompensated heart failure | 2.7% | 2.4% | 0.55 | 1.13 (0.76–1.68) |
Pulmonary embolism | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.23 | 0.78 (0.53–1.17) |
Pericarditis/myocarditis | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.08 | 1.39 (0.96–2.01) |
Aortic dissection | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.28 | 0.55 (0.18–1.65) |
Pleuritis/pneumothorax | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.58 | 0.81 (0.37–1.74) |
Tako Tsubo syndrome | 0.0% | 0.3% | < 0.05 | Not available |
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction