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Table 2 Number of patients referred distributed by sex and, age, and stratified by internal and external referral sources

From: Today’s referral is tomorrow’s repeat patient: referrals to and between medical outpatient clinics in a hospital

 

Total

Internal

External

P-valuea

N = 471

N = 72

N = 399

 

Sex

   

0.22

 Female

234(49.7%)

31(43.1%)

203(50.9%)

 

 Male

237(50.3%)

41(56.9%)

196(49.1%)

 

Age (years)

   

0.49

 18–29

27(5.7%)

1(1.4%)

26(6.5%)

 

 30–39

27(5.7%)

3(4.2%)

24(6.0%)

 

 40–49

54(11.5%)

7(9.7%)

47(11.8%)

 

 50–59

88(18.7%)

16(22.2%)

72(18.0%)

 

 60–69

92(19.5%)

14(19.4%)

78(19.5%)

 

 70–79

112(23.8%)

16(22.2%)

96(24.1%)

 

 80–89

63(13.4%)

14(19.4%)

49(12.3%)

 

 90 +

8(1.7%)

1(1.4%)

7(1.8%)

 
  1. aPearson’s X2 test for group differences between internal and external