Table 1.
Characteristics of patients presenting after RTC to AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa
| Characteristic | Total (n = 662) |
|---|---|
| Patient sex, n (%)a | |
| Female | 224 (33.8) |
| Male | 438 (66.2) |
| Patient age, n (%)a | |
| < 13 | 31 (4.8) |
| 13–24 | 214 (32.9) |
| 25–40 | 252 (38.8) |
| > 40 | 153 (23.5) |
| Patient origin, n (%)a | |
| Addis Ababa | 259 (39.4) |
| Outside Addis | 398 (60.6) |
| Date of Arrival, n (%)a | |
| Weekday | 467 (72.4) |
| Weekend | 178 (27.6) |
| Triage Acuity, n (%)a,b,c | |
| Low acuity | 289 (44.7) |
| Moderate acuity | 273 (42.2) |
| High acuity | 85 (13.1) |
| Referral status/source, n (%)a | |
| Not referred (from scene) | 211 (34.1) |
| Referred from government hospital | 263 (42.5) |
| Referred from health center | 126 (20.3) |
| Referred from private institution | 19 (3.1) |
| Ref. communication, n (%)a,d | |
| Yes (before arrival) | 224 (57.7) |
| No | 164 (42.3) |
| Mode of arrivala | |
| Ambulance | 366 (59.0) |
| Taxi or private car | 234 (37.7) |
| Walking or being carried | 20 (3.2) |
aPercent of non-missing data reported. Missing data per variable as follows: sex (n = 0/662; 0%), age (n = 12/662; 1.8%), patient origin (5/662; 0.8%), date of arrival (17/662; 2.6%), triage acuity (15/662; 2.3%), referral status/source (43/662; 6.5%), referral communication (20/408; 4.9%), mode of arrival (42/662; 6.3%)
bSouth Africa Triage Scale acuity designations
cHigh acuity includes very urgent (58/647; 9.0%), Emergent (25/647; 3.8%) and Dead on arrival (2/647; 0.3%). Dead on arrival grouped within very urgent or emergent due to presumed scene/pre-hospital acuity
dSubset of referred patients only