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Table 2 Clinical outcomes in the pre-implementation and post-implementation phases of Smart Triage

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of Smart Triage, a data-driven pediatric sepsis triage platform in Eastern Uganda

 

Pre-intervention phase (95% CI) (N = 1402)

Post-intervention phase (95% CI) (N = 1942)

p-value

RR (95% CI) if statistically significant

ARR (95% CI) if statistically significant

Received sepsis bundle within one hour (%)

0.7 (0.4 to 1.3)

0.7 (0.4 to 1.2)

> 0.99

NS

NS

In-hospital mortality for admitted patients (%)

2.9 (1.5 to 5.5)

1.1 (0.22 to 3.4)

0.13

NS

NS

7-day mortality after leaving JRRH (%)

0.2 (0.0 to 0.6)

0.1 (0.0 to 0.4)

0.798*

NS

NS

Total mortality (%)

0.9 (0.5 to 1.5)

0.3 (0.1 to 0.7)

0.016

0.33 (0.13 to 0.89)

-0.6 (-1.2 to -0.05)

  1. JRRH Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, RR relative risk, ARR absolute risk reduction, NS not significant
  2. Fisher exact test used instead of Chi-squared test where indicated (*)