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Table 3 Characteristics of patients seen by residents in Taipei and Keelung branches

From: What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency medicine residency training: an observational study

 

Pre-epidemic period

Epidemic period

P value

Taipei branch

 Average patient number per month

2034.40

1371.67

 

 Gender, Male

4531 (44.5%)

1932 (47.0%)

p = 0.009

 Age, years

50.34 ± 22.04

50.34 ± 22.20

p = 0.811

 Triage level

  

p = 0.026

  Level 1

87 (0.86%)

45 (1.09%)

 

  Level 2

312 (3.06%)

156 (3.79%)

 

  Level 3

6399 (62.91%)

2610 (63.43%)

 

  Level 4

3110 (30.57%)

1224 (29.74%)

 

  Level 5

263 (2.59%)

80 (1.94%)

 

 Admission

707 (6.95%)

294 (7.14%)

p = 0.681

Keelung branch

 Average patient number per month

2773.40

2233.33

 

 Gender, Male

6875 (49.45%)

3419 (51.03%)

p = 0.034

 Age, years

54.97 ± 21.64

54.38 ± 21.61

p = 0.049

 Triage level

  

p < 0.001

  Level 1

363 (2.62%)

236 (3.52%)

 

  Level 2

995 (7.18%)

461 (6.88%)

 

  Level 3

10,348 (74.62%)

4727 (70.55%)

 

  Level 4

2084 (15.03%)

1231 (18.37%)

 

  Level 5

76 (0.55%)

44 (0.66%)

 

 Admission

3170 (22.86%)

1756 (26.21%)

p < 0.001