Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants

	Discharged home		Admitted to hospital
	POCT only	Central lab only	POCT only	Central lab only
Number of patients	94	373	66	578
Mean age, years	63	59	68	69
Females %	57%	54%	59%	52%
Diagnosis
Infection	9 (10%)	88 (24%)	14 (21%)	233 (40%)
Cardiopulmonary	24 (26%)	105 (28%)	12 (18%)	104 (18%)
Neurology	16 (17%)	60 (16%)	10 (15%)	50 (9%)
Other	10 (11%)	52 (14%)	7 (11%)	65 (11%)
Abdominal	17 (18%)	28 (8%)	6 (9%)	53 (9%)
Musculoskeletal	6 (6%)	21 (6%)	9 (14%)	32 (6%)
Unspecific complaint	6 (6%)	9 (2%)	6 (9%)	26 (4%)
Alcohol	6 (6%)	10 (3%)	2 (3%)	15 (3%)