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Acuity
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All patients (n = 1200)
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Pre-hospital interventions (n = 277)
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No pre-hospital interventions (n = 923)
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p-value
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Acute (%)
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424 (35.3 %)
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174 (62.8 %)
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250 (27.1 %)
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Urgent (%)
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406 (33.8 %)
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88 (31.8 %)
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318 (34.5 %)
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Low acuity primary (%)
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161 (13.4 %)
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8 (2.9 %)
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153 (16.6 %)
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Low acuity secondary (%)
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209 (17.4 %)
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7 (2.5 %)
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202 (21.9 %)
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<0.01
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- Description of acuity groups: Acute: Patient in need of immediate medical response due to imminent or potential loss of physological stability. Urgent: Patient in need of medical assessment without delay but with intact vital signs. Low aquity primary: Patient in need of transportation or assessment but supposedly stable. Low aquity secondary: Same as above, but transport requested from other medical presonnel (between institutions or to/from appointments)
