Drivers for low-acuity pediatric emergency department visits in two tertiary hospitals in Switzerland: a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study

Table 3 Medical resources of the study population in relation with PED visit acuity

Medical resources	Number of observations available	All PED visits N = 778		Low-acuity PED visits N = 452		High-acuity PED visits N = 326		p-value†
Has a paediatrician or GP	756	698	(92%)	414	(93%)	284	(91%)	0.167
Paediatrician or GP not seen during the last year	645	38	(6%)	20	(5%)	18	(7%)	0.309
Asked for medical advice before coming to PED	638	350	(55%)	187	(50%)	163	(62%)	0.002
Already visited a PED in the last 6 months	744	275	(37%)	186	(43%)	89	(29%)	< 0.001

PED Paediatric emergency department, GP General practitioner
Values expressed as number (%). For proportion, the denominator is the number of observations available
Definition of low-acuity PED visits: Triage ATS 4 or 5, no laboratory nor imaging tests and no hospital admission
^†p-value for comparison of acuity. Pearson’s χ2 test

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