Table 2.
Mean triage accuracy of symptom checkers and participants.
| Triage level | Percent triage accuracy, mean (SD) | 95% CI | ||
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All 15 SCsa | Subset of 11 SCsb | Participantsc |
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| Emergency cases | 80.6 (17.9) | 79.8 (17.2) | 67.5 (16.4) | 64.1-70.8 |
| Nonemergency cases | 58.5 (29.1) | 61.6 (27.8) | 68.4 (13.8) | 65.6-71.2 |
| Self-care cases | 30.6 (25.7) | 41.8 (20.3) | 46.7 (15.9) | 43.4-49.8 |
| Overall | 58.0 (12.8) | 61.6 (11.0) | 60.9 (6.8) | 59.5-62.3 |
aSC: symptom checker.
bFor the subset of 11 SCs, SCs never recommending self-care or always recommending emergency care by design were excluded.
cFor the participant sample, 95% CIs were calculated using bootstrapping.