Table 4 Pathway analyses of adverse events in 0–24 h
From: EMS non-conveyance: A safe practice to decrease ED crowding or a threat to patient safety?
EMS | Primary health care | ED | Hospitalization | Death | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Did not have any re-contact | x | x | x | x | x | 9951 | 83.9 |
Primary health care attendance | x | ✓ | x | x | x | 805 | 6.8 |
EMS re-contact | ✓ | x | x | x | x | 478 | 4.0 |
ED attendance | x | x | ✓ | x | x | 233 | 2.0 |
EMS re-contact and primary health care attendance | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | x | 80 | 0.7 |
EMS re-contact and ED attendance | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | x | 74 | 0.6 |
ED attendance and hospitalization | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | x | 73 | 0.6 |
EMS re-contact, ED attendance and hospitalization | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | x | 65 | 0.6 |
Primary health care and ED attendance and hospitalization | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | 35 | 0.3 |
Primary health care and ED attendance | x | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | 20 | 0.2 |
Death | x | x | x | x | ✓ | 17 | 0.1 |
EMS re-contact, primary health care and ED attendance and hospitalization | ✓ | x | ✓ | ✓ | x | 11 | 0.1 |
EMS re-contact and death | ✓ | x | x | x | ✓ | 9 | 0.1 |
EMS re-contact, primary health care and ED attendance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | x | x | 5 | 0.04 |
EMS re-contact, ED attendance and death | ✓ | x | ✓ | x | ✓ | 3 | 0.03 |
Primary health care attendance and death | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ | 2 | 0.02 |