Table 5.
Distribution of performed imaging or laboratory investigations and hospital admission according to the ED visit
| Variables | ED visit | P value* | |
| Non-urgent (n=314, 78.5%) | Urgent (n=86, 21.5%) | ||
| Imaging | |||
| Yes | 145 (46.2) | 73 (84.9) | 0.001 |
| No | 169 (53.8) | 13 (15.1) | |
| Chest X-ray | |||
| Yes | 71 (22.6) | 55 (64.0) | 0.001 |
| No | 243 (77.4) | 31 (36.1) | |
| Laboratory investigation | |||
| Yes | 220 (70.1) | 83 (96.5) | 0.001 |
| No | 94 (29.9) | 3 (3.5) | |
| Hospital admission | |||
| Yes | 48 (15.3) | 33 (38.4) | 0.001 |
| No | 266 (84.7) | 53 (61.6) | |
*Χ2 test.
ED, emergency department.