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Table 2 Baseline characteristics for rapid admission (RA) group and control group (CG)

From: A pathway care model allowing low-risk patients to gain direct admission to a hospital medical ward − a pilot study on ambulance nurses and Emergency Department physicians

 

RA (n = 51)

CG (n = 51)

p*

Age; mean ± SD

80 ± 11

73 ± 16

0.02

Women; %

53

61

0.21

Priority; %

   

The Dispatch Centre

  

0.52#

1

22

20

 

2

61

63

 

3

18

18

 

EMS

  

0.57

2

39

45

 

3

61

55

 

Triage colour; %

  

0.13

Green (RETTS)

31

20

 

Yellow (RETTS)

69

80

 

12-lead ECG recorded; % (0/5)##

   

Delay (minutes); median 25th, 75th percentile)

   

Call in – Call out (2/0) ###

11 (4,26)

7 (3,20)

0.57

Call out – arrival at patient

19 (11,25)

16 (11,24)

0.60

Call in – arrival at patient (2/0)

28 (16,43)

0.43

 
  1. *age-adjusted (except for age itself).
  2. #priority as an ordered variable used in p-value calculations.
  3. ##number of missing in the two groups, respectively.
  4. ###call in = call received at the Dispatch Centre from patients/relatives; call out = call from the Dispatch Centre to the EMS.