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Table 1 Patients, chief complaints, and student involvement in the two hospitals
| Categories | Tawam Hospital N = 2903 (%) | Al Ain Hospital N = 2184 (%) | Total N (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient gender | < 0.0001 | |||
| Male | 1416 (48.8) | 1234 (56.5) | 2650 (52.1) | |
| Female | 1487 (51.2) | 950 (43.5) | 2437 (47.9) | |
| Patient age | 25.0 (0.08–112) | 36.0 (0.08–106) | < 0.0001 | |
| Patient age category | < 0.0001 | |||
| 0–17 | 1159 (39.9) | 228 (10.4) | ||
| 18–65 | 1304 (44.9) | 1673 (76.6) | ||
| > 65 | 440 (15.2) | 283 (13.0) | ||
| Chief complaints n (%) | < 0.0001 | |||
| Abdominal pain | 476 (16.4) | 562 (25.7) | 1038 (20.4) | |
| Chest pain | 199 (6.9) | 261 (12.0) | 460 (9.0) | |
| Respiratory distress | 234 (8.1) | 118 (5.4) | 352 (6.9) | |
| Fever in child | 271 (9.3) | 1 (0.0) | 272 (5.3) | |
| Headache | 129 (4.4) | 107 (4.9) | 236 (4.6) | |
| Major trauma | 80 (2.8) | 147 (6.7) | 227 (4.5) | |
| Altered mental status | 75 (2.6) | 63 (2.9) | 138 (2.7) | |
| Poisoning | 20 (0.7) | 22 (1.0) | 42 (0.8) | |
| Shock | 25 (0.9) | 16 (0.7) | 41 (0.8) | |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 19 (0.7) | 17 (0.8) | 36 (0.7) | |
| Cardiac arrest | 18 (0.6) | 11 (0.5) | 29 (0.6) | |
| Others | 1357 (46.7) | 859 (39.3) | 2216 (43.6) | |
| Student involvement n (%) | < 0.0001 | |||
| Observation | 321 (11.1) | 167 (7.6) | 488 (9.6) | |
| Partial | 793 (27.3) | 638 (29.2) | 1431 (28.1) | |
| Full | 1789 (61.6) | 1531 (63.1) | 3168 (62.3) | |
| Shift time | < 0.0001 | |||
| Day | 594 (20.5) | 500 (22.9) | 1094 (21.5) | |
| Prime | 1068 (38.8) | 862 (39.5) | 1930 (37.9) | |
| Evening | 1137 (39.2) | 279 (12.8) | 1416 (27.8) | |
| Night | 104 (3.6) | 543 (24.9) | 647 (12.7) | |
| Location | < 0.0001 | |||
| Resuscitation | 633 (21.8) | 481 (22.0) | 1114 (21.9) | |
| Fast track | 795 (27.4) | 26 (1.2) | 821 (16.1) | |
| Urgent care | 849 (29.2) | 1667 (76.8) | 2526 (49.7) | |
| Pediatric | 626 (21.6) | 0 (0.0) | 626 (12.3) |
