Table 1.

Characteristics of children assessed using the triage and usual approaches to Preventive Child Healthcare

Characteristics	Triage approach n (%)	Usual approach n (%)	p Value
Children receiving routine assessment*	n=974	n=923
Gender
Boy	485 (49.8)	455 (49.3)	0.83
Girl	489 (50.2)	468 (50.7)
Age (years)
≤8	480 (49.3)	468 (51.8)	0.28
≥9	494 (50.7)	436 (48.2)
Socioeconomic status
Low	415 (42.9)	342 (37.1)	<0.01
Middle	304 (31.4)	372 (40.4)
High	249 (25.7)	207 (22.5)
Children receiving routine assessment on request†	n=107	n=27
Gender
Boy	67 (62.6)	10 (40.0)	0.04
Girl	40 (37.4)	15 (60.0)
Age (years)
≤8	78 (72.9)	21 (77.8)	0.61
≥9	29 (27.1)	6 (22.2)
Socioeconomic status
Low	68 (65.4)	17 (70.8)	0.61
Middle	22 (21.2)	2 (8.3)
High	14 (13.5)	5 (20.8)

*Missing data (triage approach: socioeconomic status n=6; usual approach: age n=19, socioeconomic status n=2).

†Missing data (triage approach: socioeconomic status n=3; usual approach: gender n=2, socioeconomic status n=3).