Table 2.
Cohort trajectories
All patients, n=192 | Confirmed or probable COVID-19, n=83 | Unlikely or uncertain COVID-19, n=109 | |
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Discharged with pulse oximeter, n (%) | 8 (4.2) | 6 (7.2) | 2 (1.8) |
Using own pulse oximeter, n (%) | 21 (10.9) | 17 (20.5) | 4 (3.7) |
Number of telephone encounters, median (range) | 1 (1–6) | 1 (1–6) | 1 (1–4) |
Planned reattendances, n (%) | 23 (12.0) | 18 (21.7) | 5 (4.6) |
Planned reattendances leading to admissions, n (%) | 5 (2.6) | 4 (4.8) | 1 (0.9) |
Unplanned reattendances, n (%) | 9 (4.7) | 6 (7.2) | 3 (2.8) |
Unplanned reattendances leading to admissions, n (%) | 2 (1.0) | 2 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) |
‘Planned reattendances’ refers to patients who were recalled for face-to-face assessment by the telephone clinic. ‘Unplanned reattendances’ refers to patients who reattended without prompting.