Table 2 Difficult-to-transfer cases for children and hospital course
Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 35,314 | 37,547 | 24,697 | 97,558 | |||||
Not difficult-to-transfer cases, % | 34,917 | (98.9) | 37,114 | (98.9) | 24,380 | (98.7) | 96,411 | (98.8) | 0.179 |
At the scene ≥ 30 min | 583 | (1.7) | 635 | (1.7) | 358 | (1.4) | 1576 | (1.6) | |
≥ 4 phone calls | 704 | (2.0) | 651 | (1.7) | 514 | (2.1) | 1869 | (1.9) | |
Difficult-to-transfer cases, % | 397 | (1.1) | 433 | (1.2) | 317 | (1.3) | 1147 | (1.2) | |
Disposition at the ED | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Admission, % | 5,708 | (16.2) | 6,186 | (16.5) | 4,467 | (18.1) | 16,361 | (16.8) | |
Home, % | 29,385 | (83.2) | 31,143 | (83.0) | 20,063 | (81.2) | 80,591 | (82.6) | |
Transfer, % | 178 | (0.5) | 172 | (0.5) | 133 | (0.5) | 483 | (0.5) | |
Death, % | 42 | (0.1) | 45 | (0.1) | 34 | (0.1) | 121 | (0.1) | |