Characteristics | Percent (n = 374,459) |
---|---|
Age at ED arrival | 31 (17, 56)a |
0–4 | 11.7 |
5–17 | 13.3 |
18–30 | 23.7 |
31–64 | 32.0 |
65–79 | 9.7 |
80+ | 9.1 |
Time of ED Arrival | |
08:00 to 19:59 | 67.0 |
20:00 to 07:59 | 33.0 |
Source of Referral | |
Self-referral | 43.8 |
Other sourcesb | 56.2 |
Number of attendances in the previous financial year | 1 (1, 2)a |
Number of investigation types | 1 (0, 2)a |
Investigation categories | |
No investigations orderedc | 39.3 |
Point of care only | 3.4 |
Laboratory tests and point of care | 15.2 |
Simple imaging, laboratory tests, point of care | 34.9 |
Complex imaging, simple imaging, laboratory tests, point of care | 7.2 |
Median length of time spent in ED | 2 h 59 m (1 h 55 m, 3 h 49 m)a,c |
Patients exceeding the four-hour ED wait target | 9.2 |