Table 3.
Characteristics of revisits
| Presenting problem, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n = 527/1765 (29.9) | Fever, n = 346/1136 (30.5) | Vomiting/diarrhea, n = 108/372 (29.0) | Dyspnea, n = 73/257 (28.4) | |
| Revisits with interventiona | 293 (55.6)d | 199 (57.5) | 47 (43.5) | 47 (64.4) |
| Unscheduleda | 352 (66.8)d | 240 (69.4) | 57 (52.8) | 55 (75.3) |
| Time until revisit (days)b | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0)c |
| Time until unscheduled revisit | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) | 2.0 (1.7–2.3) | 2.0 (1.4–2.6) | 3.0 (2.4–3.6) |
| Setting of revisit | ||||
| Primary care | 249 (47.2) | 180 (52.0) | 35 (32.4) | 34 (46.6) |
| Emergency care | 278 (52.8) | 166 (48.0) | 73 (67.6) | 39 (53.4) |
aAbsolute number (percentage)
bMedian (IQR)
cLog rank < 0.000
dP value < 0.05:
- More revisits with intervention in febrile children versus children with vomiting/diarrhea (chi-square)
- More unscheduled revisits in febrile children versus children with vomiting/diarrhea (chi-square)
- More prescribed antibiotics in febrile children versus children with vomiting/diarrhea and children with dyspnea (chi-square)
- More prescribed airway medicine in children with dyspnea versus febrile children and children with vomiting/diarrhea (chi-square)
- More prescribed gastro-intestinal medicine in children with vomiting/diarrhea versus febrile children and children with dyspnea (chi-square)