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Table 3.

Physicians' practices triaging callers to the SARS fever hotline—Taipei, Taiwan, June 2003.

		n	%
Scenario 1 A person with a temperature of 37.8 °C and a dry cough. What do you ask the caller to do?
1^a	How was the temperature measured?	40	93
2^a	Have they been wearing a mask when not at home?	29	67
3^a	Have they been in contact with a SARS patient?	41	95
4^a	Have they travelled out of Taiwan recently?	39	91
5	Nothing. Tell them to monitor symptoms and stay at home for three days	4	9
6	None of the above	0	0
Scenario 2: A person calls about her spouse who was recently in beijing, who now has a fever of 39.5 °C, and who is short of breath. What do you advise the caller to do?
1	Tell the caller to take her spouse to a fever clinic and to make sure her spouse wears a mask	22	51
2^a	Tell the caller to call 119 (emergency services), ask for an ambulance and make sure her spouse is wearing a mask	33	79
3	Tell the caller to give her spouse an aspirin and see if the fever improves	0	0
4	Tell the caller to make sure her spouse stays at home and monitor symptoms for 3 days	0	0
5	None of above	0	0

Indicates correct answers.