Background
Methods
Study setting and design
Study population
Data collection
Statistical analysis
Results
Characteristic | N (%) 46,374 (100) |
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Sex | |
Males | 25,675 (55.4) |
Females | 20,699 (44.6) |
Age group | |
Neonates (> 29 days) | 408 (00.9) |
Infants (29 > 11 months) | 6813 (14.7) |
Toddler (1–3 years) | 14,833 (32.0) |
Pre-schooler (4–6 years) | 9498 (20.5) |
Schooler (7–12 years) | 11,580 (24.9) |
Adolescent (13–14 years) | 3242 (07.0) |
Nationality | |
Saudi | 42,825 (92.4) |
Non-Saudi | 3549 (07.6) |
Characteristic | N (%) 46,374 (100) |
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Admission | |
Yes | 1134 (02.5) |
No | 45,240 (97.5) |
Complaints | |
Cardiology | 75 (00.2) |
Dental | 231 (00.5) |
Dermatology | 1751 (03.8) |
Endocrine | 202 (00.4) |
ENT | 2975 (06.4) |
Fever | 12,492 (27.0) |
Genitourinary | 377 (00.8) |
GI | 7078 (15.3) |
Haematology | 327 (00.7) |
Ophthalmology | 1028 (02.2) |
Musculoskeletal | 499 (00.9) |
Neurology | 462 (01.0) |
Respiratory | 11,554 (24.9) |
Surgery | 377 (00.8) |
Toxicology | 387 (00.8) |
Trauma | 5212 (11.2) |
Others | 1447 (03.1) |
Triage | |
I | 7 (0.02) |
II | 10 (0.02) |
III | 1242 (02.6) |
IV | 32,931 (71.0) |
V | 12,184 (26.2) |
Shift | |
Morning | 13,649 (29.4) |
Evening | 21,568 (46.5) |
Night | 11,157 (24.1) |
Season | |
Winter (December, January, February) | 14,800 (31.9) |
Spring (March, April, May) | 11,563 (25.0) |
Autumn (September, October, November) | 11,970 (25.8) |
Summer (June, July, August) | 8041 (17.3) |
Characteristic | Admission | P-value | |
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No 45,240 (97.55) | Yes 1134 (02.45) | ||
Sex | 0.91 | ||
Males | 25,049 (97.6) | 626 (02.4) | |
Females | 20,191 (97.5) | 508 (02.5) | |
Age group | < 0.001 | ||
Neonates (> 29 days) | 371 (90.9) | 37 (09.1) | |
Infants (29 > 11 months) | 6572 (96.5) | 241 (03.5) | |
Toddler (1–3 years) | 14,536 (98.0) | 297 (02.0) | |
Pre-schooler (4–6 years) | 9334 (98.3) | 164 (01.7) | |
Schooler (7–12 years) | 11,265 (97.3) | 315 (02.7) | |
Adolescent (13–14 years) | 3162 (97.5) | 80 (02.5) | |
Nationality | 0.44 | ||
Saudi | 41,771 (97.5) | 1054 (02.5) | |
Non-Saudi | 3469 (97.7) | 80 (02.3) |
ER visit characteristics | Admission | P-value | |
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No 45,240 (97.55) | Yes 1134 (02.45) | ||
Complaint | < 0.001 | ||
Cardiology | 71 (94.7) | 4 (05.3) | |
Dental | 231 (100.0) | 0 | |
Dermatology | 1735 (99.1) | 16 (00.9) | |
Endocrine | 133 (65.8) | 69 (34.2) | |
ENT | 2950 (99.2) | 25 (00.8) | |
Fever | 12,375 (99.1) | 117 (00.9) | |
Genitourinary | 356 (94.4) | 21 (05.6) | |
GI | 6920 (97.7) | 158 (02.3) | |
Haematology | 193 (59.0) | 134 (41.0) | |
Ophthalmology | 1021 (99.3) | 7 (00.7) | |
Musculoskeletal | 395 (99.0) | 4 (01.0) | |
Neurology | 422 (91.3) | 40 (08.7) | |
Respiratory | 11,250 (97.4) | 304 (02.6) | |
Surgery | 360 (95.5) | 17 (04.5) | |
Toxicology | 358 (92.5) | 29 (07.5) | |
Trauma | 5085 (97.6) | 127 (02.4) | |
Others | 1385 (95.7) | 62 (04.3) | |
Triage | < 0.001 | ||
I | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | |
II | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | |
III | 1063 (85.6) | 179 (14.4) | |
IV | 32,068 (97.4) | 863 (02.6) | |
V | 12,099 (99.3) | 85 (00.7) | |
Shift | < 0.001 | ||
Morning | 13,263 (97.2) | 386 (02.8) | |
Evening | 21,099 (97.8) | 469 (02.2) | |
Night | 10,878 (97.5) | 279 (02.5) | |
Season | 0.93 | ||
Winter (Dec, Jan, Feb) | 14,432 (97.5) | 368 (02.5) | |
Spring (Mar, Apr, May) | 8266 (97.6) | 199 (02.4) | |
Autumn (Sep, Oct, Nov) | 11,679 (97.6) | 291 (02.4) | |
Summer (Jun, Jul, Aug) | 7846 (97.6) | 195(02.4) |
Characteristics | Risk of admission | |
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Unadjusted OR (95%CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
Sex | ||
Males | Reference | |
Females | 1.00 (0.89–1.13) | 1.06 (0.93–1.20) |
Age group | ||
Neonates (> 29 days) | 4.88 (3.41–6.97) | 3.85 (2.57–5.76) |
Infants (29 > 11 months) | 1.79 (1.51–2.13) | 1.89 (1.56–2.28) |
Toddler (1–3 years) | Reference | |
Pre-schooler (4–6 years) | 0.85 (0.70–1.04) | 0.91 (0.74–1.13) |
Schooler (7–12 years) | 1.36 (1.16–1.60) | 1.09 (0.90–1.31) |
Adolescent (13–14 years) | 1.23 (0.96–1.58) | 0.84 (0.63–1.12) |
Complainta | ||
Cardiology | 5.95 (2.14–1.64) | 2.61 (0.75–9.11) |
Dermatology | 0.97 (0.57–1.64) | 1.16 (0.68–1.98) |
Endocrine | 54.87 (38.93–77.33) | 34.89 (23.65–51.47) |
ENT | 0.89 (0.58–1.38) | 1.15 (0.71–1.58) |
Fever | Reference | |
Genitourinary | 6.23 (3.87–10.04) | 6.66 (4.08–10.86) |
GI | 2.41 (1.89–3.07) | 2.06 (1.60–2.66) |
Haematology | 73.43 (55.17–97.73) | 65.49 (47.85–89.64) |
Ophthalmology | 0.72 (0.33–1.55) | 0.86 (−.39–1.86) |
Musculoskeletal | 1.07 (0.39–2.91) | 1.04 (0.32–3.32) |
Neurology | 10.02 (6.91–14.54) | 6.19 (4.07–9.43) |
Respiratory | 2.85 (2.30–3.54) | 2.65 (2.12–3.32) |
Surgery | 4.99 (2.97–8.39) | 5.42 (3.14–9.35) |
Toxicology | 8.56 (5.62–13.03) | 4.50 (2.82–7.15) |
Trauma | 2.64 (2.05–3.40) | 2.30 (1.75–3.02) |
Others | 4.73 (3.46–6.47) | 4.78 (3.38–6.76) |
Triage | ||
I | 49.54 (11.07–221.70) | 19.02 (2.70–133.76) |
II | 15.92 (4.11–61.98) | 10.66 (1.98–57.23) |
III | 6.25 (5.26–7.43) | 4.08 (3.30–5.04) |
IV | Reference | |
V | 0.26 (0.20–0.32) | 0.30 (0.23–0.38) |
Shift | ||
Morning | 1.30 (1.14–1.50) | 1.14 (0.98–1.32) |
Evening | Reference | |
Night | 1.15 (0.99–1.34) | 1.10 (0.93–1.30) |
Season | ||
Winter (Dec, Jan, Feb) | Reference | |
Spring (Mar, Apr, May) | 0.94 (0.79–1.12) | 0.83 (0.69–0.99) |
Autumn (Sep, Oct, Nov) | 0.97 (0.83–1.14) | 0.94 (0.79–1.10) |
Summer (Jun, Jul, Aug) | 0.97 (0.81–1.16) | 0.84 (0.69–1.01) |