Table 4 Quality indicators at the three emergency departments with different triage models
Physician triage | Nurse-physician triage | Nurse triage | Total | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Left before treatment completed | 1557 | 3.1 | 3566 | 5.3 | 3344 | 9.6 | 8467 | 5.6 | <0.001 |
Unscheduled return within 24 hours | 649 | 1.0 | 1446 | 2.1 | 889 | 2.5 | 2984 | 2.0 | <0.001 |
Unscheduled return within 72 hours | 1195 | 2.4 | 2365 | 3.5 | 1304 | 3.7 | 4864 | 3.2 | <0.001 |
Mortality within7 days after first visit | 402 | 0.8 | 658 | 1.0 | 328 | 1.0 | 1388 | 0.9 | <0.001 |
Mortality within 30 days after first visit | 864 | 1.8 | 1281 | 1.9 | 685 | 2.0 | 2830 | 1.9 | <0.001 |