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Emergency department utilisation characteristics |
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| Internal Medicine |
Gynaecology |
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| GW (n = 856) |
TW (n = 698) |
GM (n = 273) |
TM (n = 282) |
p1) |
GW (n = 195) |
TW (n = 125) |
p1) |
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| Time since onset of complaints |
n.s. |
n.s. |
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| Mean (hours) |
84 |
121 |
157 |
123 |
78 |
119 |
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| Standard deviation |
193 |
378 |
1041 |
490 |
186 |
390 |
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| Transportation (%) |
*** |
n.s. |
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| Private |
49.9 |
81.0 |
51.6 |
74.1 |
88.2 |
92.8 |
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| General ambulance service |
15.5 |
4.0 |
10.6 |
6.4 |
3.1 |
1.6 |
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| Mobile intensive care unit |
29.2 |
12.8 |
34.1 |
15.6 |
5.6 |
2.4 |
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| Emergency ambulance |
5.0 |
1.5 |
2.4 |
3.9 |
0 |
0 |
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| Police |
0.1 |
0 |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Time of presentation (%) |
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| Time of day (%) |
*** |
n.s. |
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| 8 am – 8 pm |
70.6 |
56.0 |
68.8 |
49.3 |
73.3 |
62.4 |
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| 8 pm – 8 am |
29.1 |
43.6 |
31.2 |
50.7 |
26.7 |
37.6 |
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| Day of week (%) |
*** |
n.s. |
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| Weekday |
66.2 |
53.8 |
69.1 |
55.3 |
58.5 |
56.0 |
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| Weekend |
33.8 |
46.2 |
30.9 |
44.7 |
41.5 |
44.0 |
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| Need for emergency treatment as perceived by physician |
*** |
n.s. |
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| Mean |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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| Standard deviation |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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| Need for admission (%) |
*** |
n.s. |
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| Yes |
37.9 |
14.3 |
42.1 |
23.0 |
17.9 |
12.8 |
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| Medication given or prescribed |
*** |
n.s. |
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| Yes |
47,3 |
54,8 |
42,1 |
50,2 |
43,4 |
44,9 |
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| Need for translation (%) |
*** |
*** |
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| Yes |
0.5 |
36.3 |
0 |
34.6 |
1.1 |
36.3 |
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| Interpreter2) (%) |
*** |
*** |
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| Accompanying relative/friend |
0.4 |
32.6 |
0 |
24.8 |
1.0 |
33.6 |
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| Nurse |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Physician |
0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.4 |
0 |
2.4 |
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| Other hospital personnel |
0 |
0.7 |
0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
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| Length of medical history (number of words) |
n.s. |
n.s. |
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| Mean |
13 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
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| Standard deviation |
9 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
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GW = German women, GM= German men, TW = Turkish women, TM = Turkish men; 1)Kruskal-Wallis test; ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001; 2)Differences in percentages results from missing values. | ||||||||
Babitsch et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:82 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-82 |
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