- Demographics of the patient’s included in the study (N=7,826).
| Characteristic | Overall (N=7,826) | Months | P-values* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August (n=2,854) | September (n=2,321) | October (n=2,651) | |||
| Age, median (IQR) | 45 (30-59) | 45 (30-60) | 44 (30-59) | 45 (29-59) | 0.2 |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 4,260 (54.0) | 1,505 (53.0) | 1,298 (56.0) | 1,457 (55.0) | 0.058 |
| Male | 3,566 (46.0) | 1,349 (47.0) | 1,023 (44.0) | 1,194 (45.0) | |
| Nationality | |||||
| Non-Saudi | 340 (4.3) | 107 (3.7) | 110 (4.7) | 123 (4.6) | 0.15 |
| Saudi | 7,486 (96.0) | 2,747 (96.0) | 2,211 (95.0) | 2,528 (95.0) | |
| CTAS | |||||
| Resuscitation | 10 (0.1) | 1 (<0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 6 (0.2) | |
| Emergent | 85 (1.1) | 35 (1.2) | 21 (0.9) | 29 (1.1) | |
| Urgent | 4,009 (51.0) | 1,435 (50.0) | 1,132 (49.0) | 1,442 (54.0) | |
| Less urgent | 3,277 (42.0) | 1,171 (41.0) | 1,085 (47.0) | 1,021 (39.0) | |
| Non-urgent | 445 (5.7) | 212 (7.4) | 80 (3.4) | 153 (5.8) | |
| Patient’s type | |||||
| Active | 6,928 (89.0) | 2,507 (88.0) | 2,034 (88.0) | 2,387 (90.0) | 0.001 |
| Dependent | 131 (1.7) | 39 (1.4) | 51 (2.2) | 41 (1.5) | |
| Employee | 285 (3.6) | 109 (3.8) | 82 (3.5) | 94 (3.5) | |
| New patient | 404 (5.2) | 171 (6.0) | 135 (5.8) | 98 (3.7) | |
| Non-active | 77 (1.0) | 27 (0.9) | 19 (0.8) | 31 (1.2) | |
Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%) or median interquartile range (IQR).
CTAS: Canadian triage and acuity scale
↵* Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test.