Table 4.

Triage decisions of new incoming referrals (set B) at the Prince of Wales Hospital Eye Clinic and the presence of an urgency in these referrals

	Urgency present	Urgency absent	P value	Post hoc analysis*
Triage decision, n (%)			<0.001	1. vs 2. p>0.99
1. Within 1 month	20 (25.0)	60 (75.0)		1. vs 3. p=0.56
2. 3–6 months	17 (24.3)	53 (75.7)		1. vs 4. p=0.005
3. 6–12 months	0 (0.0)	4 (100.0)		1. vs 5. p=0.05
4. General clinic non-urgent	12 (9.5)	114 (90.5)		1. vs 6. p<0.001
5. Cataract clinic non-urgent	25 (14.5)	148 (85.5)		2. vs 6. p=0.002
6. Specific doctor’s clinic	3 (4.5)	64 (95.5)
7. Rejected	0 (0.0)	8 (100.0)

*Post hoc α was Bonferroni corrected to 0.0024. Only significant p values and select non-significant p values shown. Significant p values are in bold.