Characteristics of children assessed using the triage and usual approaches to Preventive Child Healthcare
| Characteristics | Triage approach n (%) | Usual approach n (%) | p Value |
| Children receiving routine assessment* | n=974 | n=923 | |
| Gender | |||
| Boy | 485 (49.8) | 455 (49.3) | 0.83 |
| Girl | 489 (50.2) | 468 (50.7) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| ≤8 | 480 (49.3) | 468 (51.8) | 0.28 |
| ≥9 | 494 (50.7) | 436 (48.2) | |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| Low | 415 (42.9) | 342 (37.1) | <0.01 |
| Middle | 304 (31.4) | 372 (40.4) | |
| High | 249 (25.7) | 207 (22.5) | |
| Children receiving routine assessment on request† | n=107 | n=27 | |
| Gender | |||
| Boy | 67 (62.6) | 10 (40.0) | 0.04 |
| Girl | 40 (37.4) | 15 (60.0) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| ≤8 | 78 (72.9) | 21 (77.8) | 0.61 |
| ≥9 | 29 (27.1) | 6 (22.2) | |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| Low | 68 (65.4) | 17 (70.8) | 0.61 |
| Middle | 22 (21.2) | 2 (8.3) | |
| High | 14 (13.5) | 5 (20.8) |
*Missing data (triage approach: socioeconomic status n=6; usual approach: age n=19, socioeconomic status n=2).
†Missing data (triage approach: socioeconomic status n=3; usual approach: gender n=2, socioeconomic status n=3).