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Table 1 Variables obtained for each patient in each 30-min interval

From: A generic method for evaluating crowding in the emergency department

Obtained data

Aggregated data set, 30-min intervals

Age

Mean age of patients present in the ED

Sex

 

Time of arrival to ED

Number of patients waiting to be examined (Q1)

Time of triage

Number of patients waiting to be evaluated by a doctor (Q2)

Time of first TOKS

Number of patients waiting to have completed examination/treatment (Q3)

Time of last TOKS

Number of patients waiting to leave the ED (Q4)

Time of departure from ED

Triage score

Number of patients in the ED triaged red

First TOKS score

 

Last TOKS score

 

Diagnosis

Number of trauma patients in the ED

  1. Variables obtained from EHR for each patient registered in the ED in 2013 (left). From these variables an aggregated data set was compiled for 30-min. intervals calculating number of patients in each queue and number of trauma patients as well as patients triaged red (right). See also Fig. 1
  2. Abbrevations: ED emergency department, Q queue, TOKS a Danish early warning system (see text for further explanation)
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