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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The introduction of chest pain unit care was associated with weak evidence of an increase in emergency department attendances with chest pain (16 % v 3. 5 % ; P = 0. 08) ; no change in the proportion of chest pain attendances resulting in admission (odds ratio 0. 998, 95 % confidence interval 0. 940 to 1. 059 ; P = 0. 945) ; small increases in the proportion reattending (odds ratio 1. 10, 1. 00 to 1. 21 ; P = 0. 036) or being admitted (1. 30, 0. 97 to 1. 74 ; P = 0. 083) over the next 30 days ; and evidence of increased daily medical admissions (1. 7 per day, 95 % confidence interval 0. 8 to 2. 5 ; P < 0. 001).