Table 4.
Possible actions if AHHC medical services were not available stratified by patient characteristics
| Expected actions if no use of AHHC medical services | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remain at home | Wait until working hours | Visit the ED | Call an ambulance | Other | |||||||
| Characteristic | (n = 247) (13.7%) |
(n = 752) (41.7%) |
(n = 634) (35.2%) |
(n = 140) (7.8%) |
(n = 29) (1.6%) |
p | |||||
| Age (years), n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
| 0–15 | 70 | (11.3) | 250 | (40.5) | 276 | (44.7) | 14 | (2.3) | 8 | (1.3) | |
| 16–64 | 149 | (15.4) | 418 | (43.1) | 306 | (31.5) | 81 | (8.4) | 16 | (1.6) | |
| 65–74 | 9 | (10.5) | 38 | (44.2) | 23 | (26.7) | 13 | (15.1) | 3 | (3.5) | |
| > 74 | 19 | (14.8) | 46 | (35.9) | 29 | (22.7) | 32 | (25.0) | 2 | (1.6) | |
| Whether the patients suspected themselves of having COVID-19 infection or not | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 145 | (13.6) | 394 | (36.9) | 414 | (38.8) | 100 | (9.4) | 14 | (1.3) | |
| No | 102 | (13.9) | 358 | (48.7) | 220 | (29.9) | 40 | (5.4) | 15 | (2.0) | |
| Symptom severity, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
| Mild | 146 | (14.9) | 442 | (45.1) | 328 | (33.5) | 48 | (4.9) | 16 | (1.6) | |
| Moderate | 99 | (12.6) | 299 | (38.1) | 298 | (38.0) | 75 | (9.6) | 13 | (1.7) | |
| Severe | 2 | (5.3) | 11 | (28.9) | 8 | (21.1) | 17 | (44.7) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Abbreviations: AHHC after hour house call, ED emergency department