Table 6 Health service utilisation by patient age and MTS score
| Â | Inpatient | Length of stay (days)# | Any test | Blood culture | X-ray | Urine sample | Review by consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||||
 0–3 months | 34.11% | 5.67 | 51.16% | 28.70% | 9.30% | 39.53% | 10.07% |
 3–6 months | 15.66% | 5.34 | 40.92% | 11.03% | 12.10% | 32.74% | 5.69% |
 6–12 months | 6.34% | 3.83 | 31.98% | 2.01% | 9.12% | 23.24% | 8.64% |
 1–3 years | 5.36% | 4.05 | 29.74% | 2.52% | 10.88% | 18.37% | 7.64% |
 3–6 years | 4.01% | 4.02 | 28.70% | 3.03% | 9.43% | 13.70% | 8.14% |
 6–10 years | 4.53% | 3.78 | 34.08% | 3.67% | 9.61% | 17.25% | 8.76% |
 10–16 years | 7.96% | 4.73 | 42.22% | 8.88% | 10.15% | 15.87% | 7.3% |
 p value | 0.0001§ | 0.0001* | 0.0001§ | 0.0001§ | 0.5370§ | 0.0001§ | 0.1342§ |
MTS classification | |||||||
 Green | 2.61% | 3.88 | 24.59% | 1.51% | 5.68% | 16.17% | 8.06% |
 Yellow | 13.64% | 4.64 | 43.52% | 7.42% | 11.91% | 23.48% | 9.32% |
 Orange | 17.27% | 4.23 | 44.6% | 10.07% | 23.2% | 19.15% | 8.45% |
 Red | 30.77% | 2.63 | 26.92% | 15.38% | 11.53% | 11.53% | 23.07% |
 p value | 0.0001§ | 0.0001# | 0.0001§ | 0.0001§ | 0.0001§ | 0.0023§ |  |