SOAU overall admissions and overall hospitalisations from the paediatric ED and SOAU; triage codes’ distribution
| Paediatric ED attendance | March 2019 | % | March 2020 | % | % Delta | P value* |
| SOAU overall admissions | 563 | 7.1 | 132 | 9.5 | +2.4 | <0.01 |
| Overall hospitalisations from paediatric ED | 553 | 7.0 | 271 | 19.5 | +12.5 | <0.001 |
| Overall hospitalisations from SOAU | 88 | 15.6 | 41 | 31.0 | +14.6 | <0.001 |
| Overall attendances by triage codes† | ||||||
| Red | 23 | 0.3 | 9 | 0.65 | +0.35 | 0.065 |
| Yellow | 785 | 9.9 | 209 | 15.0 | +5.1 | <0.001 |
| Green | 5599 | 70.9 | 1021 | 73.4 | +2.5 | 0.059 |
| White | 1493 | 18.9 | 152 | 10.9 | −8 | <0.001 |
| Jonckheere-Terpstra test comparing the severity of the attendance | <0.00001 | |||||
*Statistical significance (p value:<0.05) is related to percentages.
†Four-Level Triage Score System: red code: emergency; yellow code: urgency; green code: deferable urgency; white code: not urgency.
ED, emergency department; SOAU, Short-stay Observation and Assessment Unit.