Table 1.
Patient characteristics in responders and non-responders
| All patients | Responders | Non-responders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 15,998) | (n = 1802) | (n = 14,196) | p | ||||
| Age (years), n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 0–15 | 5403 | (33.8) | 618 | (34.3) | 4785 | (33.7) | |
| 16–64 | 9235 | (57.7) | 970 | (53.8) | 8265 | (58.2) | |
| 65–74 | 498 | (3.1) | 86 | (4.8) | 412 | (2.9) | |
| > 74 | 862 | (5.4) | 128 | (7.1) | 734 | (5.2) | |
| Male sex, n (%) | 7662 | (47.9) | 832 | (46.2) | 6830 | (48.1) | 0.12 |
| Telephone triage color, n (%) | 0.2 | ||||||
| Yellow | 6230 | (38.9) | 722 | (40.1) | 5508 | (38.8) | |
| Orange | 8548 | (53.4) | 930 | (51.6) | 7618 | (53.7) | |
| Red | 1220 | (7.6) | 150 | (8.3) | 1070 | (7.5) | |
| Diagnosis category, n (%) | 0.054 | ||||||
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 3201 | (20.0) | 346 | (19.2) | 2855 | (20.1) | |
| Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases | 84 | (0.5) | 15 | (0.8) | 69 | (0.5) | |
| Mental and behavioral disorders | 78 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.4) | 70 | (0.5) | |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 182 | (1.1) | 31 | (1.7) | 151 | (1.1) | |
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 182 | (1.1) | 31 | (1.7) | 151 | (1.1) | |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 151 | (0.9) | 17 | (0.9) | 134 | (0.9) | |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 8897 | (55.6) | 985 | (54.7) | 7912 | (55.7) | |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 700 | (4.4) | 77 | (4.3) | 623 | (4.4) | |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 421 | (2.6) | 39 | (2.2) | 382 | (2.7) | |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 467 | (2.9) | 51 | (2.8) | 416 | (2.9) | |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 537 | (3.4) | 64 | (3.6) | 473 | (3.3) | |
| Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 501 | (3.1) | 62 | (3.4) | 439 | (3.1) | |
| Injury, poisoning, and other certain consequences of external causes | 559 | (3.5) | 69 | (3.8) | 490 | (3.5) | |
| Other | 38 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.4) | 31 | (0.2) | |
| Symptom severity, n (%) | 0.78 | ||||||
| Mild | 8775 | (54.9) | 980 | (54.4) | 7795 | (54.9) | |
| Moderate | 6913 | (43.2) | 784 | (43.5) | 6129 | (43.2) | |
| Severe | 310 | (1.9) | 38 | (2.1) | 272 | (1.9) | |
| Prescription of any drugs, n (%) | 13,049 | (81.6) | 1,439 | (79.9) | 11,610 | (81.8) | 0.049 |
| Personal protective equipment used, n (%) | 8047 | (50.3) | 965 | (53.6) | 7082 | (49.9) | 0.003 |
| Diagnostic tools for COVID-19 used | 3508 | (21.9) | 451 | (25.0) | 3057 | (21.5) | < 0.001 |
| Time of medical examination (minutes), mean (SD) | 29.4 | (13.6) | 29.8 | (14.2) | 29.4 | (13.6) | 0.24 |
| Time of medical examination (minutes), n (%) | |||||||
| < 15 | 2530 | (15.8) | 276 | (15.3) | 2254 | (15.9) | 0.78 |
| 16–25 | 5576 | (34.9) | 625 | (34.7) | 4951 | (34.9) | |
| ≥ 26 | 7892 | (49.3) | 901 | (50.0) | 6991 | (49.2) | |
Abbreviations: AHHC after hour house call, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ED emergency department, SD standard deviation