Table 4. Distribution of non urgent ED visits according to the motivation of access to ED.
| Variable | Total | Non urgent (tot 61) | Ap-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Personal reasons | ||||||
| Urgency perceived by the patient | Present | 235 | 46,63 | 23 | 9,79 | |
| Absent | 269 | 53,37 | 38 | 14,13 | ||
| Financial difficulties | Present | 9 | 1,79 | 0 | 0,00 | |
| Absent | 495 | 98,21 | 61 | 12,32 | ||
| Recent traumatic injury | Present | 179 | 35,52 | 14 | 7,82 | * |
| Absent | 325 | 64,48 | 47 | 14,46 | ||
| Reasons relating to the GP | ||||||
| Difficulty to contact the GP | Present | 66 | 13,10 | 9 | 13,64 | |
| Absent | 438 | 86,90 | 52 | 11,87 | ||
| Greater confidence in the hospital | Present | 145 | 28,77 | 14 | 9,66 | |
| Absent | 359 | 71,23 | 47 | 13,09 | ||
| Previous medical therapy without benefit | Present | 50 | 9,92 | 10 | 20,00 | |
| Absent | 454 | 90,08 | 51 | 11,23 | ||
| Reasons related to health services | ||||||
| Too long time for booking exams | Present | 99 | 19,64 | 20 | 20,20 | * |
| Absent | 405 | 80,36 | 41 | 10,12 | ||
| ED has more tools to solve clinical problems | Present | 205 | 40,67 | 21 | 10,24 | |
| Absent | 299 | 59,33 | 40 | 13,38 | ||
| Easy accessibility of ED | Present | 20 | 3,97 | 5 | 25,00 | |
| Absent | 484 | 96,03 | 56 | 11,57 | ||