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Table 3 Resource utilization in acute and non-acute patients in pre-HEINTS and HEINTS groups
| non-acute | acute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre-HEINTS (N = 114) | HEINTS (N = 115) | p value | pre-HEINTS (N = 181) | HEINTS (N = 185) | p value | |
| Resource, N (%) | ||||||
| CT | 34 (29.8) | 22 (19.1) | 0.083 | 84 (46.4) | 70 (37.8) | 0.096 |
| MRI | 9 (7.9) | 8 (7.0) | 0.845 | 58 (32.0) | 51 (27.6) | 0.348 |
| lumbar puncture | 5 (4.4) | 3 (2.6) | 0.722 | 10 (5.5) | 6 (3.2) | 0.316 |
| ECG | 64 (56.1) | 52 (45.2) | 0.144 | 124 (68.5) | 106 (57.3) | 0.031 |
| laboratory examination | 110 (96.5) | 99 (86.1) | 0.021 | 177 (97.8) | 174 (94.1) | 0.109 |
| ≥1 consultation with another specialty | 53 (46.5) | 30 (26.1) | 0.002 | 83 (45.9) | 82 (44.3) | 0.194 |
