Association between PCH approach (triage vs usual care) and children receiving PCH assessments on request and referral of these children to additional PCH assessments or to external services
| Triage approach | Usual approach | p Value | |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| n=4050* | n=4611* | ||
| Children receiving PCH assessment on request | 107 (2.6) | 27 (0.6) | <0.01 |
| n=107 | n=27 | ||
| Referring parties† | |||
| School | 18 (16.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.02 |
| Parents | 18 (16.8) | 5 (18.5) | 0.78 |
| Well-child care | 33 (30.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.01 |
| Other | 1 (0.9) | 1 (3.7) | 0.36 |
| Unknown | 37 (34.6) | 21 (77.8) | <0.01 |
| Referral to additional PCH assessment and/or external services | 62 (57.9) | 2 (7.4) | <0.01 |
| Additional PCH assessment | 54 (50.5) | 0 (0.0) | <0.01 |
| External services | 23 (21.5) | 2 (7.4) | 0.09 |
*All children (4–12 years) at the schools included.
†The five categories were tested separately. For example, the school as the referring party was tested relative to all categories as a reference to analyse differences between the triage and usual approaches.
Χ2 test/Fisher’s exact test.
PCH, Preventive Child Healthcare.