Artificial intelligence-assisted reduction in patients’ waiting time for outpatient process: a retrospective cohort study

Table 2 Characteristics of the visits

Characteristics	Overall N = 12,342	AI-assisted group		Conventional group		χ²	P
Characteristics	Overall N = 12,342	N = 6171	%	N = 6171	%	χ²	P
Sex
Male	6564	3266	52.93	3298	53.44	0.07	0.80
Female	5691	2818	45.67	2873	46.56
Data Missing ^*	87	87	1.40	0	0
Medical department
Internal department	11,566	6028	97.68	5538	89.74	506.60	< 0.01
Respiratory department	425	46	0.75	379	6.14
Gastroenterology department	264	10	0.16	254	4.12
Data Missing ^*	87	87	1.41	0	0

^* Due to manual data entry errors, this part of data was lost and could not be exported
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