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Table 3 Disposition of patients by expert patient or clinician triage scores

From: Task shifting of triage to peer expert informal care providers at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in Malawi: a cross-sectional operational evaluation

Triage score

Disposition

Expert patient

Clinicians

N = 441a

N = 453

N (%)

N (%)

Emergency

Admitted to hospital

3 (21.4)

5 (83.3)

Same-day laboratory testing

1 (7.1)

1 (16.7)

Same-day specialist referral

0 (0)

0 (0)

Discharged

6 (42.9)

0 (0)

No data on disposition

4 (28.6)

0 (0)

Priority

Admitted to hospital

7 (4.6)

11 (14.9)

Same-day laboratory testing

23 (15.0)

21 (28.4)

Same-day specialist referral

6 (3.9)

2 (2.9)

Discharged

107 (70.0)

30 (42.9)

No data on disposition

10 (6.5)

10 (14.3)

Routine

Admitted to hospital

1 (0.4)

0

Same-day laboratory testing

7 (2.6)

12 (3.2)

Same-day specialist referral

7 (2.6)

10 (2.9)

Discharged

206 (76.3)

296 (80.0)

No data on disposition

49 (18.1)

54 (14.5)

  1. a N = determined by complete triage data