Table 1 Characteristics of emergency department visits by older patients per MTS category
| Â | MTS category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Red (n = 61) | Orange (n = 1063) | Yellow (n = 3165) | Green (n = 2819) | |
Mean age in years (SD)** | 77.0 (6.9) | 77.3 (7.3) | 77.4 (7.7) | 76.4 (7.7) |
Male participants (%)** | 34 (55.7%) | 575 (54.1%) | 1430 (45.2%) | 1215 (43.1%) |
Time of presentation (%)** | ||||
 - Day | 30 (49.2%) | 612 (57.6%) | 2021 (63.9%) | 1937 (68.7%) |
 - Evening | 17 (27.9%) | 300 (28.2%) | 874 (27.6%) | 757 (26.9%) |
 - Night | 14 (23.0%) | 151 (14.2%) | 270 (8.5%) | 125 (4.4%) |
Mode of referral (%)** | ||||
 - General practitioner | 24 (39.3%) | 639 (61.7%) | 1909 (63.4%) | 1297 (49.5%) |
 - Self-referral | 2 (3.3%) | 85 (8.2%) | 302 (10.0%) | 652 (24.9%) |
 - Ambulance | 34 (55.7%) | 237 (22.9%) | 464 (15.4%) | 177 (6.8%) |
 - Medical specialist | 1 (1.6%) | 75 (7.2%) | 338 (11.2%) | 493 (18.8%) |
Medical specialty (%)** | ||||
 - Surgical | 9 (14.8%) | 160 (15.1%) | 1271 (40.2%) | 1775 (63.0%) |
 - Medical | 52 (85.2%) | 903 (84.9%) | 1894 (59.8%) | 1044 (37.0%) |