Table 4.
Differences in outcome after non-transportation between ambulance team and rapid responder
| Variable | Ambulance team (n = 935) |
Rapid responder (n = 160) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completeness of the nurse’s reporting | |||
| Complete | 521 (55.7%) | 113 (70.6%) | 0.001 |
| No reporting | 17 (1%) | 4 (2.5%) | |
| No non-transportation associated form | 310 (33.2%) | 27 (16.9%) | |
| Both incomplete | 87 (9.3%) | 16 (10.0%) | |
| Recommendation to seek secondary medical care | |||
| Yes | 306 (32.7%) | 63 (39.4%) | 0.005 |
| No | 232 (24.8%) | 51 (31.9%) | |
| Unknown | 397 (42.5%) | 46 (28.7%) | |
| Patient satisfaction | |||
| Satisfied | 751 (80.3%) | 122 (76.3%) | 0.313 |
| Indifferent | 12 (1.3%) | 2 (1.3%) | |
| Unsatisfied | 27 (2.9%) | 9 (5.6%) | |
| Would not tell/unknown | 145 (15.5%) | 27 (16.9%) | |
| Secondary medical attention requested | |||
| No | 541 (57.9%) | 115 (71.9%) | 0.004 |
| Yes | 248 (26.5%) | 23 (14.4%) | |
| Unknown | 146 (15.6%) | 27 (16.9%) | |
| Secondary medical attention provided | |||
| No | 602 (64.4%) | 115 (71.9%) | 0.018 |
| Yes | 187 (20.0%) | 18 (11.3%) | |
| EMS | 1 (0.3%) | NA | 0.418 |
| GP | 108 (32.4%) | 10 (22.2%) | |
| Out of Office Hours GP services unit | 32 (9.6%) | 3 (6.7%) | |
| Emergency Department | 43 (12.9%) | 5 (11.1%) | |
| Unknown | 146 (15.6%) | 27 (16.9%) | |
Data are shown as N (%)
EMS emergency medical services, GP general practitioner
Boldface in the Table indicates significance