Table 2

Patient characteristics: comparison in terms of new and follow up A&E attenders

Film (% of all A&E attenders)PACS (% of all A&E attenders)
Proportion of all A&E attenders that were new cases: observed difference between proportions = −0.0515. 95% CI for difference between the proportions is −0.0579 to −0.0451.
Number of new A&E attenders12 619 (88.52)15 990 (93.67)
Number of follow up A&E attenders1 637 (11.48)1 081 (6.33)
Total number of A&E attenders14 25617 071