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Table 1 Outpatient visits to HCCsa and/or EDsb stratified by sex and age

From: Health care centre and emergency department utilization by patients with episodes of tachycardia

 

Total

Visits to HCCs

Visits to EDs

P value

Visits

n = 2719

n = 2239

n = 480

 

Female (%)

1857 (68)

1596 (71)

261 (54)

 < .001d

Male (%)

862 (32)

643 (29)

219 (46)

Unique outpatientsc

n = 2373

n = 1962

n = 411

 

Female (%)

1592 (67)

1377 (70)

215 (52)

 < .001d

Male (%)

781 (33)

585 (30)

196 (48)

Mean age of females, years (SD)

58.5 (18.9)

56.0 (18.1)

73.3 (16.6)

 < .001e

Mean age of males, years (SD)

58.6 (18.4)

54.3 (17.9)

70.6 (13.7)

 < .001e

Age 18–65 years

n = 1383

n = 1283

n = 100

 

Female (%)

931 (67)

891 (69)

40 (40)

 < .001d

Male (%)

452 (33)

392 (31)

60 (60)

Age ≥ 66 years

n = 990

n = 679

n = 311

 

Female (%)

661 (67)

486 (72)

175 (56)

 < .001d

Male (%)

329 (33)

193 (28)

136 (44)

  1. aHealth care centre
  2. bEmergency department
  3. cFirst index visit
  4. dThe chi-square test was conducted to compare categorical variables between groups
  5. eMann–Whitney test was employed to compare continuous data between groups