Table 1 FUEDs characteristics as perceived by ED health personnel according to profession on a 0 to 10 agreement-scale (zero: totally disagree; six: agree; 10: totally agree)
FUEDs characteristics | N total respondents | % of total personnel agreeing | % of medical doctors agreeing | % of nursing personnel agreeing | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inappropriate use of EDs | n: 193 | 90.7% | 90.2% | 91.3% | ns |
High social and medical vulnerability | n: 192 | 87.1% | 91.0% | 82.8% | ns |
Suffering from chronic disease | n: 196 | 82.1% | 82.2% | 82.1% | ns |
Often of disadvantaged backgrounds | n: 194 | 80.4% | 89.1% | 71.6% | < 0.005 |
Feeling often discriminated | n: 195 | 77.4% | 86.0% | 68.4% | < 0.005 |
Presenting psychiatric disorders | n: 128 | 77.4% | 89.5% | 63.9% | < 0.001 |
Patient has no general practitioner | n: 198 | 74.2% | 68.9% | 80.1% | ns |
Living near an emergency service | n: 197 | 59.4% | 54.4% | 54.2% | ns |
Mostly foreigners | n: 198 | 51.9% | 60.8% | 42.8% | 0.01 |
High mortality rates | n: 173 | 37.6% | 35.8% | 39.4% | ns |