Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the iPMS data for children under 6 (0–5 years) and over 6 (6–15 years) who attended CUH ED during the study period (1 July 2012–30 June 2018)
| Under 6 (0–5 years) | Over 6 (6–15 years) | |||
| July 2012–June 2015 | July 2015–June 2018 | July 2012–June 2015 | July 2015–June 2018 | |
| Attendances, n (%) | 19 199 (53.6) | 22 934 (55.9) | 16 620 (46.4) | 18 078 (44.1) |
| Referral type, n (%) | ||||
| GP referrals | 10 148 (52.9) | 14 028 (61.2) | 8684 (52.3) | 9724 (53.8) |
| Non-GP referrals | 9051 (47.1) | 8906 (38.8) | 7936 (47.7) | 8354 (46.2) |
| Type of attendance (%) | ||||
| New | 18 413 (95.9) | 22 016 (96.0) | 15 884 (95.6) | 17 289 (95.6) |
| Return | 786 (4.1) | 918 (4.0) | 736 (4.4) | 789 (4.4) |
| Triage category (%) | ||||
| Immediate/resuscitation | 156 (0.8) | 179 (0.8) | 72 (0.4) | 72 (0.4) |
| Very urgent/emergency | 4766 (24.8) | 7159 (31.2) | 2696 (16.2) | 3768 (20.8) |
| Urgent | 10 679 (55.6) | 11 700 (51.0) | 9166 (55.2) | 9562 (52.9) |
| Standard/less urgent | 2798 (14.6) | 3401 (14.8) | 3861 (23.2) | 4027 (22.3) |
| Not urgent | 90 (0.5) | 275 (1.2) | 146 (0.9) | 402 (2.2) |
| Not triaged/return | 710 (3.7) | 220 (1.0) | 679 (4.1) | 247 (1.4) |
| Discharge dest. (%) | ||||
| Home | 13 707 (71.4) | 17 225 (75.1) | 12 491 (75.2) | 13 799 (76.3) |
| Admitted | 5031 (26.2) | 5382 (23.5) | 3673 (22.1) | 3938 (21.8) |
| Deceased | 16 (0.1) | 8 (0.0) | 7 (0.0) | 6 (0.0) |
| Self-discharge | 244 (1.3) | 216 (0.9) | 242 (1.5) | 214 (1.2) |
| Other | 196 (1.0) | 97 (0.4) | 202 (1.2) | 116 (0.6) |
CUH, Cork University Hospital; ED, emergency department; GP, general practitioner; iPMS, Integrated Patient Management System.