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Table 2 Mean daily attendances at emergency department by patient acuity category

From: Forecasting daily attendances at an emergency department to aid resource planning

 

Mean daily attendances (95% confidence interval)

Patient acuity category

Training data

Testing data

Validation data

P1

30.1 (29.5–30.7)

31.6 (30.6–32.6)

32.8 (31.4–34.1)

P2

162.4 (160.8–164.1)

178.5 (175.8-11.3)

198.5 (194.6–202.4)

P3

204.5 (202.2–206.8)

211.4 (207.1–215.8)

201.0 (194.9–207.1)

All

400.4 (397.5–403.2)

425.1 (419.9–430.2)

435.4 (428.4–442.3)

  1. P1: Patients of resuscitation, cardiovascular collapse or imminent danger of collapse, required to be attended to without a moment's delay
  2. P2: Patients of non-resuscitation, major emergency or ill and non-ambulant or having severe symptoms and trolley based
  3. P3: Patients of minor emergency or ambulant with mild to moderate symptoms
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