Skip to main content

Table 3 Bloodwork, diagnostic imaging, and consultation request times for discharges and admissions; bed request and wait for bed times for admissions

From: Implementing wait-time reductions under Ontario government benchmarks (Pay-for-Results): a Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effect of a Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance team (MDRNSTAT) on emergency department patient wait times

 

Control

Trial

  

EP

MDRNSTAT

Combined (EP + MDRNSTAT)

Discharges:

    

n

2503

1890

592

2482

% Bloodwork (BW) Request

37.0%

32.9%

43.8%

35.5%

% Imaging (DI) Request

51.0%

45.8%

61.8%

49.6%

% Discharged

79.1%

79.2%

78.9%

79.1%

% Consulted

13.7%

12.5%

14.7%

13.1%

Median Times:

    

BW Request Time

1:47

1:42

1:02

1:32

DI Request Time (95% CI)

2:16 (2:08–2:24)

1:56 (1:48–2:04)

0:51 (0:43–0:57)

1:38 (1:32–1:46)

  

p = .0025

p < .0001

p < .0001

Consult Request Time

3:20

2:59

2:40

2:54

  

p = .08

p = .02

p = .01

Admissions:

    

n

586

451

154

605

% Bloodwork (BW) Request

80.9%

83.4%

79.2%

82.3%

% Imaging (DI) Request

84.5%

83.8%

88.3%

85.0%

% Admitted

18.5%

18.9%

20.5%

19.3%

Median Times:

    

BW Request Time

1:38

1:51

1:07

1:39

DI Request Time

2:41

2:43

1:05

2:11

  

p = .87

p < .0001

p = .0027

Consult Request Time (95% CI)

3:57 (3:44–4:08)

3:49 (3:37–4:10)

3:36 (3:16–4:02)

3:46 (3:36–4:03)

  

p = .80

p = 0.17

p = .36

Bed Request Time

7:41

7:30

7:01

7:19

  

p = .50

p = .02

p = .19

Wait for Bed Time

2:58

3:14

2:59

3:10

  1. BW: Bloodwork.
  2. CTAS: Canadian Triage Acuity Scale.
  3. CT: Computer Tomography Scan.
  4. CI: Confidence interval.
  5. DI: Diagnostic Imaging.
  6. LOS: Length of Stay.
  7. LWBS: Left without Being Seen.