Patient and process outcome.

SBI = serious bacterial infection.
UTI = urinary tract infection.
a Median (25–75 percentiles).
# including hemoglobin, leukocyte, thrombocyte and differential count.
~including feces culture, nasal swab, throat culture and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture.
*Chi-square, p-value <0.05.
± Overall diagnostics minus urine-dipstick analysis.
$1 In 17 of 19 children with pneumonia chest-radiography was performed.
$2 In 12 of 14 children with pneumonia chest-radiography was performed.
$3 In 175 of 200 children without pneumonia no chest-radiography was performed.
$4 In 190 of 206 children without pneumonia no chest-radiography was performed.
$5 In 6 of 6 children with UTI a urine-culture was performed.
$6 In 8 of 9 children with UTI a urine-culture was performed.
$7 In 201 of 213 children without UTI no urine-culture was performed.
$8 In 202 of 211 children without UTI no urine-culture was performed.
Patient and process outcome.