Table 1.

(A) Demographics and triage data, (B) diagnostic accuracy for combined HIV, hepatitis C and both HIV and hepatitis C patients, (C) diagnostic accuracy for HIV only patients, (D) diagnostic accuracy for hepatitis C only patients

(A) Demographics and triage data
Gender	Female	Male
	62	106
	36.9%	63.1%
Age	Mean	s.d.
	44.9	12.3
Disease type	HIV	Hepatitis C	Both
	90	67	11
	53.6%	39.9%	6.6%
Race	White	Black
	47	121

s.d., standard deviation; ED, emergency department.

Example of a successful triage for HIV/hepatitis C: A 60-year-old black male with stabbing epigastric pain, radiating to back, fevers, nausea. Physician diagnosis: acute pancreatitis. Symptom checker diagnosis: acute pancreatitis. Symptom checker triage was successfully labelled ‘Emergent’, justifying the patient presenting to the ED and the correct venue.

Example of an unsuccessful triage for HIV/hepatitis C: A 54-year-old black male with epigastric pain, stomach cramping, chills, bloating. Physician diagnosis: Peptic ulcer disease. Symptom checker diagnosis: constipation. Symptom checker triage was labelled ‘Non-emergent’, thereby not in agreement with the patient presenting with reported ‘Emergent’ complaints to the ED.