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Table 1 Criteria for the patient with severe illness code

From: The effects of an emergency department length-of-stay management system on severely ill patients’ treatment outcomes

Number

Criteria

1

Patient who visited ED within 48 hours from symptom onset

2

Patient who visited ED “directly” or “through outpatient”

3

Patient who admitted GW or ICU, via ED

4

Patient who diagnosed as “severe illness code,” either main diagnosis, sub diagnosis, or exclusion diagnosis

  1. ED Emergency Department, GW General Ward, ICU Intensive Care Unit