Table 2.

Association between the demographic variables and the use of handwritten (HW) or electronic (E) prescription.

		Pre-intervention HW number (%)	Post-intervention E number (%)
Total sample		N=1475	N=1408	p value
Patient characteristics
Age (years)	(Mean, ±SD)	31.4 (±20.9)	31.3 (±20.0)	0.81
Male gender		746 (50.6%)	715 (50.8%)	0.91
ESI	(Mean, ±SD)	3.3 (±0.6)	3.3 (±0.7)	0.10
Pediatric patients	Pediatric	320 (21.7%)	268 (19.0%)	0.08
Number of home medications/patient	(Mean, ±SD)	1.3 (±1.7)	1.1 (±1.6)	0.002
Number of discharge medications/patient	(Mean, ±SD)	2.4 (±1.0)	2.3 (±1.0)	0.001
ED workload
Shift				0.001
Morning		528 (35.8%)	485 (34.4%)
Evening		575 (39.0%)	485 (34.4%)
Night		372 (25.2%)	438 (31.1%)
Handovers per visit	(Mean, ±SD)	1.1 (±0.3)	1.2 (±0.4)	0.33
ED volume per day	(Mean, ±SD)	134.1 (±13.4)	132.4 (±16.4)	0.002

HW, handwritten prescriptions; E, electronic prescriptions; ESI, Emergency Severity Index; SD, standard deviation.