Table 3.

Differences in proportion and concordance for treatment and discharge plans between advanced practice physiotherapists and ED physicians

	Recommended by MD (%)	Recommended by APP (%)	Chi-square test	p value	Raw agreement proportion (%)	Cohen’s Kappa	PABAK	95% CI
Medical imaging requests□	79/113 (70)	80/113 (71)	0.021	0.884	90/113 (80)	0.51	0.59	0.42 to 0.73
Physiotherapy care referral§	36/107 (34)	53/107 (50)	5.559	*0.018	68/107 (64)	0.27	0.27	0.07 to 0.45
Medication recommendations¥
Non-prescription drugs	41/105 (39)	52/105 (50)	2.335	0.126	64/105 (61)	0.22	0.22	0.02 to 0.41
Prescription drugs	73/105 (70)	49/105 (47)	11.267	*0.001	69/105 (66)	0.33	0.31	0.11 to 0.49
Discharge Plan (need for medical follow-up)‡	78/99 (79)	78/99 (79)	0.000	1.000	81/99 (82)	0.46	0.64	0.46 to 0.77

MD ED physicians, APP advanced practice physiotherapist, ^□n = 113, ^§n = 107, ^¥ n = 105, ^‡n = 99, ^*Significant value (p < 0.05)