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Table 3 Outcomes on return visits to ED and hospitalisation within 96 hours after prehospital assessment (n = 194)

From: Prehospital assessment of patients with abdominal pain triaged to self-care at home: an observation study

Return visit 96 hours/hospitalisation

n = 32 (%)

Ambulance transport

14 (43.7)

Other transport

18 (56.2)

Return visit mean (hours) ± SDa

20.1 ± 26.4

Emergency department

21 (65.6)

Hospitalisation

11 (34.3)

Length of stay mean (hours) ± SDa

75.4 ± 43.7

  1. aSD Standard deviation