Variable | NSC (n = 165) | SC (n = 546) | p-value |
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Patient characteristics | |||
Age in years; median (IQR) | 71.0 (23.0) | 69.0 (27) | 0.347 |
Female gender; n (%) | 79 (47.9%) | 243 (44.5%) | 0.476 |
Encounter characteristics | |||
Resuscitation bay; n (%) | 14 (8.5%) | 64 (11.8%) | 0.259 |
Triage category; n (%) | |||
1 (acute situation, immediate care) | 10 (6.1%) | 32 (5.9%) | 0.282 |
2 (urgent situation, care within 20 min) | 58 (35.2%) | 241 (44.1%) | |
3 (semi-urgent situation, care within 120 min) | 89 (53.9%) | 255 (46.7%) | |
4 (non-urgent situation) | 4 (4.2%) | 14 (2.6%) | |
5 (scheduled visit) | 1 (0.6%) | 4 (0.7%) | |
Previous medical contact; n (%) | 162 (67.3%) | 289 (52.9%) | < 0.001 |
ED outcome | |||
ED stay in hours; median (IQR)a | 6.27 (3.11) | 6.09 (3.26) | 0.497° |
Vague diagnosis at ED discharge; n (%) | 50 (30.3%) | 126 (23.1%) | 0.039° |
Patient outcome | |||
Hospital stay in days; median (IQR) b | 6.51 (5.85) | 5.22 (5.83) | 0.005° |
Vague diagnosis at hospital discharge; n (%) | 15 (9.1%) | 51 (9.3%) | 0.531° |
Mortality; n (%) | 12 (7.3%) | 20 (3.7%) | 0.045° |