Abstracts from the Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI) Conference 2015, 2016 and 2017

Table 1 (abstract A23). Review of ED Respiratory PCR testing

	May-16	Jun-16	Jul-16	Aug-16	Sep-16	Oct-16	Nov-16	Dec-16	Jan-17	Feb-17	Mar-17	Apr-17
PCR Tests Undertaken	233	248	275	286	235	224	167	152	123	82	84	76
Respiratory ED Attendance	1 207	988	1 049	1 124	1 024	826	643	552	509	774	1 045	1 013
Respiratory PCR per Attendance	0,19	0,25	0,26	0,25	0,23	0,27	0,26	0,28	0,24	0,11	0,08	0,08
Respiratory PCR Costs ($)	13 626	14 503	15 472	16 090	13 221	12 602	9 395	8 552	6 920	4 613	4 726	4 726
		May-Oct 16			Nov 16-Apr 17			Variance			% Variance
PCR Tests Undertaken		1 501			684			(817)			(54,43%)
Respiratory ED Attendance		6 218			4 536			(1682)			(27,05%)
Respiratory PCR per Attendance		0,24			0,15			(0,09)			(37,53%)
Respiratory PCR Costs ($)		85 514			38 482			($47 032)			(55,00%)

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