Table 1

 Reasons for attending the hospital

Reason patient attended hospitalType of facility attended
Intervention A&E n = 112Intervention walk-in centre n = 219Intervention combined n = 331Control A&E n = 360p Value*
A&E, accident and emergency.
Values are expressed as count (%).
*Comparison between intervention combined and control sites, using appropriate regression models, allowing for clustering and sampling probability. Percentages in the table also take account of probability of being sampled.
Injury47 (39.5)118 (55.1)165 (44.7)194 (53.4)0.39
Recent illness12 (12.1)29 (12.0)41 (12.1)37 (10.6)
Illness for >2 weeks15 (15.4)23 (9.9)38 (13.6)30 (8.5)
Other problem38 (32.9)49 (23.0)87 (29.6)99 (27.5)