Clinical groups of patient by source of referral
| Clinical group | Source of referral, n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS-D, n = 299 | NHS-D-Other, n = 163 | GP referral, n = 1452 | Self-referral, n = 9893 | |
| GP, general practitioner; NHS-D, NHS Direct. | ||||
| NHS-D referred significantly more medical patients than self-referred patients (*p<0.01), and less patients than GPs and NHS-D-Other (†p<0.01, ‡p<0.01). In the injury group, NHS-D referred significantly more patients than GPs and NHS-D-Other (§p<0.01, ¶p<0.01) and significantly less than self-referrals (**p<0.01). | ||||
| Medical | 219 (73)*†‡ | 143 (88)‡ | 1365 (94)† | 6195 (63)* |
| Injury | 62 (21)§¶** | 14 (9)¶ | 82 (6)§ | 3504 (35)** |
| Ingestion of fumonisin B | 10 (3) | 2 (1) | 3 (0.3) | 176 (2) |
| Poisoning | 8 (3) | 4 (2) | — | 17 (0.1) |
| Social | — | — | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.01) |