Table 2. Comparison of Patients Consulting a GP or ED in the Usual Care and Urgent Care Collaboration Setting
CharacteristicsGPs (n = 91,895)EDs (n = 30,166)Effect Size*
Usual Care (n = 45,934)UCC (n = 45,961)Usual Care (n = 17,507)UCC (n = 12,659)
Sex
    Male†20,918 (68.4%)21,551 (76.5%)9,660 (31.6%)6,611 (23.5%)0.091
    Female†25,016 (76.1%)24,410 (80.1%)7,847 (23.9%)6,048 (19.9%)0.049
Age (years)
    0–4†7,224 (89.9%)7,012 (88.9%)816 (10.1%)879 (11.1%)0.016
    5–14†4,854 (70.0%)5,260 (80.6%)2,077 (30.0%)1,267 (19.4%)0.122
    15–24†5,306 (63.0%)5,781 (77.4%)3,122 (37.0%)1,687 (22.6%)0.157
    25–44†10,156 (73.2%)10,761 (81.7%)3,715 (26.8%)2,405 (18.3%)0.102
    45–64†8,228 (69.6)7,721 (74.5)3,590 (30.4)2,645 (25.5).054
    64–744,024 (67.6)3,806 (68.5)1,925 (32.4)1,753 (31.5).009
    >746,142 (73.1)5,620 (73.5)2,262 (26.9)2,023 (26.5).005
Moment of contact†
    Evening21,298 (70.2)22,005 (77.8)9,041 (29.8)6,261 (22.2).087
    Night8,030 (70.1)7,273 (72.9)3,431 (29.9)2,710 (27.1).031
    Daytime16,606 (76.7)16,683 (81.9)5,035 (23.3)3,688 (18.1).064
Urgency
    Very urgent3,628 (64.1)5,625 (63.6)2,030 (35.9)3,216 (36.4).005
    Medium urgency†13,142 (74.8)16,634 (71.3)4,544 (25.7)6,703 (28.7).034
    Less urgent†29,164 (85.1)23,702 (90.9)5,126 (14.9)2,381 (9.1).087
Symptom/disease cluster
    Acute somatic symptoms†18,287 (97.2)19,634 (97.8)519 (2.8)436 (2.2).019
    Infections8,610 (93.7)7,605 (92.9)581 (6.3)577 (7.1).015
    Trauma†7,258 (62.0)8,178 (80.3)4,449 (38.0)2,009 (19.7).200
    Chronic or long-lasting diseases†4,100 (75.6)3,110 (70.1)1,326 (24.4)1,326 (29.9).061
    Other clusters†2,687 (92.7%)2,304 (83.9)211 (7.3)441 (16.1).137

  • Data are number (%) of patients per setting.

  • ↵* Effect size: small = 0.1, medium = 0.3, large = 0.5.

  • ↵† There is a statistically significant (P < .05) difference between usual care and urgent care collaboration (UCC) groups.

  • ED, emergency department; GP, general practitioner.