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Table 2 Patients in need of emergency department resources

From: Limited need for hospital resources among patients brought to hospital by the emergency medical services

  

GENDER

AGE

Type of resources1 – n (%)

All

Female

Male

< 56 years

≥ 56 years

OR (95% Cl)2

1689

899

790

803

886

Specialist evaluation

220 (13.0)

124 (13.8)

0.87 (0.65-1.15)

111 (13.8)

0.88 (0.66-1.16)

Suicide evaluation

55 (3.3)

36 (4.0)

0.59 (0.34-1.04)

45 (5.6)

0.19 (0.10-0.38)

Extended evaluation3

852 (50.4)

438 (48.7)

1.16 (0.96-1.40)

396 (49.3)

1.09 (0.90-1.32)

Blood sampling

438 (25.9)

243 (27.0)

0.89 (0.71-1.10)

172 (21.4)

1.57 (1.26-1.96)

Observation

65 (3.8)

33 (3.7)

1.11 (0.68-1.82)

48 (6.0)

0.31 (0.18-0.54)

Emergency care

39 (2.3)

16 (1.8)

1.66 (0.87-3.16)

18 (2.2)

1.06 (0.56-2.00)

Other4

20 (1.2)

9 (1.0)

1.40 (0.58-3.39)

13 (1.6)

0.48 (0.19-1.22)

  1. 1Each patient belongs to only one category in decreasing order
  2. 2OR: odds ratio, 95% confidence interval
  3. 3Computed tomography, ultrasound, lumbar puncture, magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray, scopies
  4. 4Patients with referral from primary care; ED physician want to admit but the patient opposes it.
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