Table 1 Baseline characteristics
total number of ED visits | 23,718 |
|---|---|
age (in years; mean + SD) | 58.4 ± 17.8 |
female sex | 11,041 (47%) |
specialty | |
medicine | 20,551 (87%) |
surgery | 3098 (13%) |
other | 69 (< 1%) |
time of day | |
8:00–16:59 | 14,279 (60%) |
17:00–0:59 | 7510 (32%) |
1:00–7:59 | 1929 (8%) |
number of daily patients (mean + SD) | 55.9 ± 8.7 |
number of abnormal tests (median + IQR) | 5.0 (3.0–7.0) |
destination | |
home | 10,713 (45%) |
admission | 12,524 (53%) |
transfer to another facility | 410 (2%) |
death | 71 (< 1%) |
ESI triage level | |
level 1 | 644 (3%) |
level 2 | 6401 (27%) |
level 5 | 23 (< 1%) |
not scored | 27 (< 1%) |
TAT (in minutes; median + IQR) | 51.1 (41.1–65.0) |
TTT (in minutes; median + IQR) | 7.0 (2.0–12.0) |
EDLOS (in minutes; median + IQR) | 199.0 (146.0–268.0) |