Group A—15–29 days | Group B—30–59 days | Group C—above 60 days | Total | |||||||
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Patients (n) | 198 | p value | 696 | p value | 2190 | p value | 3084 | |||
Primary physician visits | ||||||||||
Total visits | 633 | 2535 | 13,054 | 16,222 | ||||||
Mean | 3.2 | Gr. B | 0.370 | 3.6 | Gr. A | 0.370 | 5.96 | Gr. A | 0.000 | 5.3 |
Range | 1–11 | Gr. C | 0.000 | 1–13 | Gr. C | 0.000 | 1–37 | Gr. B | 0.000 | 1–37 |
Referrals | ||||||||||
Urologist specialist | 57.1% | Gr. B | 0.095 | 67.1% | Gr. A | 0.095 | 82.0% | Gr. A | 0.000 | 77.0% |
Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. B | 0.000 | |||||
Ultrasonography | 70.2% | Gr. B | 0.662 | 77.2% | Gr. A | 0.662 | 82.4% | Gr. A | 0.000 | 80.4% |
Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. B | 0.000 | |||||
Semen analysis | 16.2% | Gr. B | 0.178 | 24.0% | Gr. A | 0.178 | 39.8% | Gr. A | 0.000 | 34.7% |
Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. B | 0.000 | |||||
Emergency department | 26.3% | Gr. B | 0.954 | 22.8% | Gr. A | 0.954 | 26.8% | Gr. A | 0.896 | 25.9% |
Gr. C | 0.896 | Gr. C | 0.035 | Gr. B | 0.035 | |||||
Hospitalization rate | 1.5% | Gr. B | 0.867 | 0.7% | Gr. A | 0.867 | 1.0% | Gr. A | 0.961 | 1.0% |
Gr. C | 0.961 | Gr. C | 0.967 | Gr. B | 0.967 | |||||
Surgery | 3.0% | Gr. B | 1.000 | 3.3% | Gr. A | 1.000 | 10.2% | Gr. A | 0.000 | 8.2% |
Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. C | 0.000 | Gr. B | 0.000 |