Research Article
Impact of Clinical Experience and Diagnostic Performance in Patients with Acute Abdominal Pain
Table 2
Basic data concerning patients included during the baseline (1996–1997) and study periods (1997–2000).
| | Baseline period (hospital) | Study period (hospital) | Study period (primary health care) |
| Patients included () | 881 | 3099 | 238 | From the catchment area () | 881 | 2763 | 216 | Eligible for definitive diagnosis () | 790 | 2851 | 222 | Age: mean (quartile range) years | 46 (24) | 44 (44) | 40 (44) | Proportion of women () | 419 (53%) | 1563 (55%) | 128 (58%) |
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SD: standard deviation.
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