Table 3 Differences in disposition and adverse outcomes of emergency department visits between the initial and subsequent period
2020 Jan No. (%) | 2020 Feb No. (%) | % Change | 2019 Feb–Dec No. (%) | 2020 Feb–Dec No. (%) | % Change | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[daily mean, 95%CI] | [daily mean, 95%CI] | [daily MD, 95%CI] | (No.) | (%) | ||||
Disposition | 8486 (100) | 5871 (100) | −30.8% | 82,049 (100) [245.7, 241.3–250.0] | 65,412 (100) [195.3, 192.3–198.2] | −20.3% [50.4, 45.1–55.7] | < 0.001* | |
Discharged | 6516 (76.8) | 4257 (72.5) | −34.7% | 60,802 (74.1) | 46,315 (70.8) | −23.8% | < 0.001* | < 0.001* |
[182.0, 177.8–186.3] | [138.3, 135.5–141.0] | [43.8, 38.8–48.8] | ||||||
Hospitalized | 1687 (19.9) | 1340 (22.8) | −20.6% | 18,265 (22.3) | 16,581 (25.3) | −9.2% | < 0.001* | < 0.001* |
[54.7, 53.8–55.6] | [49.5, 48.5–50.5] | [5.2, 3.9–6.5] | ||||||
Transferred | 21 (0.2) | 25 (0.4) | 19.0% | 359 (0.4) | 253 (0.4) | −29.5% | < 0.001* | 0.109 |
[1.1, 1.0–1.2] | [0.8, 0.7–0.8] | [0.3, 0.2–0.5] | ||||||
DAMA | 230 (2.7) | 210 (3.6) | −8.7% | 2316 (2.8) | 1947 (3.0) | −15.9% | < 0.001* | 0.135 |
[6.9, 6.6–7.3] | [5.8, 5.5–6.1] | [1.1, 0.7–1.6] | ||||||
Died | 32 (0.4) | 39 (0.7) | 21.9% | 307 (0.4) | 316 (0.5) | 2.9% | 0.756 | 0.003* |
[0.9, 0.8–1.0] | [0.9, 0.8–1.1] | [0.0, −0.2–0.1] | ||||||
MW U test | 2020 Jan No. (%) | 2020 Feb No. (%) | % Change | 2019 Feb–Dec Sum (%) | 2020 Feb–Dec Sum (%) | % Change (Sum) | p-value | |
(Median, P25–P75) | (Median, P25–P75) | (No.) | (%) | |||||
Adverse Outcome | ||||||||
IHCA | 18 (0.21) | 23 (0.39) | 27.8% | 142 (0.17) | 134 (0.20) | −5.6% | 0.766 | 0.341 |
(11, 9.5–17) | (12, 9.5–14) | |||||||
URVs | 287 (3.38) | 201 (3.41) | −30.0% | 3355 (4.1) | 2270 (3.5) | −32.3% | < 0.001* | 0.002* |
(311, 274–332) | (209, 186–229) | |||||||
Boarded Beds | 3843 | 3939 | 2.5% | 47,817 | 46,500 | −2.8% | 0.291 | |
(4410, 4339–4480) | (4327, 3969–4471) | |||||||