Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the 100 study patients
| Characteristics | Number |
|---|---|
| Age (mean in years, ±SD) | 46 ± 20 |
| Female | 51 |
| General campus | 78 |
| Average household income | |
| • < $25,000 | 39 |
| • $25,000–90,000 | 49 |
| • > $90,000 | 19 |
| • Did not answer | 2 |
| Difficulty making ends meet at the end of the month | 26 |
| Level of education | |
| • Did not complete high school | 9 |
| • Completed high school or equivalent | 31 |
| • College education or trade diploma | 25 |
| • University education | 35 |
| • Patients with English/French not as their first language | 27 |
| CTAS | |
| • 1 | 0 |
| • 2 | 22 |
| • 3 | 57 |
| • 4 | 19 |
| • 5 | 2 |
| Discharged in last 1 h of shift | 23 |
| Time of discharge | |
| • Day: 0800–1600 | 30 |
| • Evening: 1600–2400 | 63 |
| • Night: 2400–0800 | 7 |
| Chief complaint | |
| • Abdominal/flank pain | 12 |
| • Back pain | 3 |
| • Chest pain/shortness of breath | 11 |
| • Extremity injury/pain | 14 |
| • Laceration/puncture | 4 |
| • Urinary complaints | 8 |
| • Others | 48 |