Table 2. Patient Disposition in the Telemedicine and Telephone Arms.
| Patient disposition | Intention-to-treat analysis | Treatment received analysis | Per-protocol analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | P valuea | No. (%) | P valuea | No. (%) | P valuea | ||||
| Assigned telephone (n = 159) | Assigned telemedicine (n = 537) | Received telephone (n = 445) | Received telemedicine (n = 251) | Assigned telephone (n = 136) | Assigned telemedicine (n = 228) | ||||
| ED dispositionb | |||||||||
| Discharged home | 7 (4.4) | 44 (8.2) | .18 | 20 (4.5) | 31 (12.4) | <.001 | 4 (2.9) | 28 (12.3) | NA |
| Admitted locally | 3 (1.9) | 23 (4.3) | 4 (0.90) | 22 (8.8) | 1 (0.7) | 20 (8.8) | |||
| Admitted to another hospital | 3 (1.9) | 17 (3.2) | 9 (2.0) | 11 (4.4) | 3 (2.2) | 11 (4.8) | |||
| Transferred to UCDCHc | 144 (90.6) | 451 (84.0) | 410 (92.1) | 185 (73.7) | 127 (93.4) | 168 (73.7) | |||
| Died | 2 (1.3) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.4) | |||
| Primary outcome: transferred to the UCDCH | |||||||||
| No | 15 (9.4) | 96 (16.0) | .13 | 35 (7.9) | 66 (26.3) | <.001 | 9 (6.6) | 60 (26.3) | .005 |
| Yes | 144 (90.6) | 451 (84.0) | 410 (92.1) | 185 (73.7) | 127 (93.4) | 168 (73.7) | |||
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; NA, not applicable; UCDCH, University of California Davis Children’s Hospital.
a
From Pearson χ2 tests adjusted for clustering at the hospital level.
b
Presenting ED.
c
UCDCH PICU, ward, or ED.