Table 1B.

Comparison of attenders and non-attenders to New Appointments

New patient Characteristics	Non-attender (n=24)	Attender (N=25)	P valuea
Age mean (95% CI)	51.9 (43.4 – 60.4)	60 (53.1 – 66.9)	0.138
Female gender n (%)	20 (83.3)	16 (64)	0.196
Time since referral, days mean (95% CI)	101.9 (63.9 – 139.9)	72.6 (59.7 – 85.6)	0.153
Distance from SHSC, km mean (95% CI)	13.9 (8.6 – 19.2)	25.1 (8.2 – 42.0)	0.225
Referral source n (%)
Family physician Specialist Emergency Department	15 (62.5) 8 (33.3) 1 (4.1)	13 (52) 12 (48) 0 (0)	0.770 0.386 –

^aStudent's T test used for means and Chi-Square test used for proportions. p<0.05 considered significant