Utilization of serum D-dimer assays prior to computed tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism among emergency department physicians: a retrospective observational study

Table 1 Study site characteristics for the 2017–18 Financial Year (April 1st, 2017 to March 31st, 2018)

Study site characteristics	Community hospital (Site A)	Community hospital (Site B)	Urgent Care Centre (Site C)
Hospital type	Community – Large Hospital	Community – Large Hospital	Community – Urgent Care Centre
Total number of acute care beds^a	406	230	N/A
Annual ED visit	135,134	82,717	61,949
Admission rate	12.6%	14.4%	1.2%
Total number of admissions from the ED	17,068	11,882	772

^a Acute care beds exclude mental health, rehabilitation, and alternate level of care (ALC) beds

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