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Table 2 Descriptive statistics across outcomes

From: Primary triage nurses do not divert patients away from the emergency department at times of high in-hospital bed occupancy - a retrospective cohort study

Variable

ED admission

72 h revisits

No

Yes

No

Yes

Sex

Female

8232 (45.8 %)

9745 (54.2 %)

7541 (91.6 %)

691 (8.4 %)

Male

9068 (47.3 %)

10084 (52.7 %)

8230 (90.8 %)

838 (9.2 %)

Age [Years]

0–1

82 (46.3 %)

95 (53.7 %)

79 (96 %)

3 (4 %)

1–18

3028 (46.1 %)

3545 (53.9 %)

2797 (92.4 %)

231 (7.6 %)

18–40

8278 (52.5 %)

7478 (47.5 %)

7590 (91.7 %)

688 (8.3 %)

40–70

5071 (42.1 %)

6972 (57.9 %)

4559 (89.9 %)

512 (10.1 %)

>70

841 (32.6 %)

1739 (67.4 %)

746 (88.7 %)

95 (11.3 %)

Year

2011

8942 (44.8 %)

11032 (55.2 %)

8098 (90.6 %)

844 (9.4 %)

2012

8358 (48.7 %)

8797 (51.3 %)

7673 (91.8 %)

685 (8.2 %)

Inflow >75th percentile

High inflow p-triage

5786 (45.1 %)

7037 (54.9 %)

5234 (90.5 %)

552 (9.5 %)

High inflow ED

3935 (44.4 %)

4935 (55.6 %)

3598 (91.4 %)

337 (8.6 %)

Shift

8 am-4 pm

6216 (45.3 %)

7500 (54.7 %)

5753 (92.6 %)

463 (7.4 %)

4 pm-0 am

8502 (49.0 %)

8859 (51.0 %)

7784 (91.6 %)

718 (8.4 %)

0 am-8 am

2582 (42.7 %)

3470 (57.3 %)

2234 (86.5 %)

348 (13.5 %)

Time of week

Mon

2538 (47.5 %)

2810 (52.5 %)

2325 (91.6 %)

213 (8.4 %)

Tue-Fri

8510 (46.0 %)

9972 (54.0 %)

7789 (91.5 %)

721 (8.5 %)

Weekend

6252 (47.0 %)

7047 (53.0 %)

5657 (90.5 %)

595 (9.5 %)

Total

17300 (46.6 %)

19829 (53.4 %)

15771 (91.2 %)

1529 (8.8 %)