Table 5 Characteristics of patient groups
Self-referrals (N = 1877) | Referrals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical professionals (N = 4138) | Radiology department (N = 230) | |||
Total (%) | 21.2 | 59.9 | 3.3 | |
Male (%) | 57.5 | 49.6 | 50.0 | |
Age (%) | 0–5 years | 6.2 | 8.0 | 2.2 |
6–15 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 18.3 | |
16–30 | 29.6 | 13.2 | 16.1 | |
31–50 | 26.5 | 18.5 | 19.6 | |
51–65 | 16.6 | 20.5 | 23.5 | |
66–85 | 10.8 | 28.4 | 15.2 | |
>85 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 5.2 | |
Presentation (%) | Weekdayb | 38.0 | 40.9 | 92.6 |
Eveningc | 31.5 | 30.9 | 4.8 | |
Night d | 14.2 | 14.1 | 1.3 | |
Weekend dayb | 16.2 | 14.1 | 1.3 | |
Follow-up (%)a | Hospital Admission | 11.4 | 48.9 | 3.5 |
Out patient Clinic | 29.4 | 24.4 | 75.6 | |
PCP Follow-up | 18.6 | 6.2 | 3.0 | |
No Follow-up | 31.6 | 17.5 | 12.2 | |
Trauma (%) | 51.6 | 23.4 | 89.6 | |
Median LOS (minutes) | 99.0 | 148.0 | 71.5 | |
N = 4070f | ECAP (N = 1785) | Non-ECAP (N = 2285) | ||
Male (%) | 51.9 | 53.1 | ||
Age (%) | 0–5 years | 6.8 | 8.9 | |
6–15 years | 4.4 | 7.6 | ||
16–30 years | 19.4 | 22.3 | ||
31–50 years | 21.2 | 21.8 | ||
51–65 years | 19.3 | 17.5 | ||
66–85 years | 23.7 | 17.9 | ||
>85 years | 5.3 | 4.0 | ||
Time of presentation | Eveningsc | 49.9 | 53.0 | |
Nightsd | 23.1 | 22.1 | ||
Weekend daysb | 27.0 | 24.9 | ||
Origin (%)a | Self-referred patients | 15.6 | 38.7 | |
Referred by medical professionalse | 74.1 | 49.1 | ||
Referred by the radiology department | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
Follow-up (%)a | Hospital Admission | 42.7 | 31.7 | |
Out patient Clinic | 27.7 | 26.7 | ||
Primary Care Physician | 5.0 | 13.3 | ||
None | 21.0 | 23.2 | ||
Median LOS (minutes) | 129.0 | 118.0 | ||
Trauma (%) | 28.8 | 35.8 | ||