Characteristics of enrolled patients and participating physicians at intervention and control sites
| Characteristic | No. (%)* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention site† | Control site† | |||||
| Pediatric | General | Community | Pediatric | General | Community | |
| Patients | n = 329 | n = 348 | n = 378 | n = 775 | n = 132 | n = 189 |
| Age, yr, mean ± SD | 11.6 ± 3.3 | 12.6 ± 3.0 | 12.7 ± 3.1 | 12.2 ± 3.2 | 12.7 ± 3.0 | 12.3 ± 3.2 |
| Age, yr, range | 3.0–16.9 | 3.5–16.9 | 3.4–16.9 | 3.0–16.9 | 3.0–16.9 | 3.5–16.9 |
| Male sex | 163 (49.5) | 139 (39.9) | 202 (53.4) | 384 (49.5) | 61 (46.2) | 87 (46.0) |
| Low-risk injuries | 293 (89.1) | 324 (93.1) | 337 (89.2) | 704 (90.8) | 121 (91.7) | 172 (91.0) |
| Physicians | n = 43 | n = 37 | n = 37 | n = 42 | n = 38 | n = 30 |
| RCPSC certification in pediatric emergency medicine or emergency medicine | 15 (34.9) | 8 (21.6) | 5 (13.5) | 16 (38.1) | 8 (21.0) | 4 (13.3) |
| Full-time | 15 (34.9) | 15 (40.5) | 21 (56.7) | 15 (35.7) | 17 (44.7) | 16 (53.3) |
| Less than 10 yr in practice | 17 (39.5) | 16 (42.3) | 11 (29.7) | 16 (38.1) | 17 (44.7) | 8 (26.7) |