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Table 5 Mortality rates within 7 and 30 days in age groups for the three emergency departments (ED)

From: Physician-led team triage based on lean principles may be superior for efficiency and quality? A comparison of three emergency departments with different triage models

 

Age groups

Physician triage*

Nurse-physician triage*

Nurse triage*

p-value

Mortality rate within 7 days after attending ED within age groups

19 - 64

0.10

0.22

0.18

 
 

65 - 79

0.85

1.03

1.21

<0.001

 

> 79

2.52

3.32

2.94

 
 

Total

0.85

1.00

0.96

 

Mortality rate within 30 days after attending ED within age groups

19 - 64

0.21

0.44

0.32

 
 

65 - 79

1.81

2.22

2.68

<0.001

 

> 79

5.45

6.16

6.11

 
 

Total

1.82

1.94

2.00

 
  1. *number of deaths divided by the number of attendants per age group and ED.