Table 2.

Assessment of randomly selected cases.

Age group	No. of cases	Mean quality scorea	Mean appropriateness scorea	Useful to patient?	% Useful to patient	Useful to medical team?	% Useful to medical team
0–18 years	48	2.8	3.3	No = 12; yes = 29	71	No = 10; yes = 31	76
0–4 weeks	12	3.3	3.4	No = 5; yes = 6	55	No = 4; yes = 7	64
1 month to 2 years	12	3.1	3.4	No = 2; yes = 10	83	No = 2; yes = 10	83
2–10 years	12	2.0	3.5	No = 0; yes = 8	100	No = 0; yes = 8	100
10–18 years	12	2.6	2.9	No = 5; yes = 5	50	No = 4; yes = 6	60

^aScored from 1 = very poor to 5 = very good.

The columns “Useful to patient” and “Useful to medical team” contain some missing data (7 cases of the 48), where usefulness could not be determined.