Table 4 Frequency of core contributing factors by major point of care, for all patients and for patients with scores indicating higher likelihood of avoidability. A full breakdown of all factors in all settings is found in supplementary table 1s
Care Home | 111 & 999 | GP | Patient | 2ndary care | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | |||||
Below optimal care | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 32 |
Delay in testing | 17 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 30 |
Delay in Access | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
Exposure to Covid-19 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Patient (Voluntary Isolation) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Delay in Response | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
No Swabs but COVID-19 on MCCD | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
Transfer to IMC no testing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Score 2, 3 & 4 only (n = 39) | |||||
Below optimal care | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Delay in testing | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Delay in Access | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Exposure to Covid-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Patient (Voluntary Isolation) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Delay in Response | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |