Patient characteristics
| Total (n=119 204) | Office hours* (n=50 417) | Evening shift (n=36 429) | Night shift (n=14 138) | Day shift (n=18 220) |
| Median age, years (IQR) | 4.8 (1.8–9.9) | 4.5 (1.8–9.5) | 3.7 (1.4–8.2) | 4.2 (1.7–8.8) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 27 150 (53.9) | 19 698 (54.1) | 7566 (53.5) | 9956 (54.6) |
| MTS, n (%) | ||||
| High urgent | 4963 (9.9) | 4136 (10.7) | 2302 (16.3) | 1683 (9.2) |
| Urgent | 13 300 (26.4) | 10 796 (29.6) | 3655 (25.9) | 4866 (26.7) |
| Low urgent | 31 478 (61.7) | 21 276 (58.4) | 7892 (55.8) | 11 366 (62.4) |
| Missing | 676 (1.3) | 452 (1.2) | 289 (2.0) | 305 (1.7) |
| Vital signs, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 18 734 (37.2) | 12 903 (35.4) | 4812 (34.0) | 6553 (36.0) |
| 1 Abnormal | 22 545 (44.7) | 15 947 (43.8) | 6100 (43.1) | 8119 (44.6) |
| 2 or more abnormal | 9139 (18.1) | 7578 (20.8) | 3227 (22.8) | 3548 (19.5) |
*Office hours=day shift week.
MTS, Manchester Triage System.