Background
Methods
Study setting and population
Study design
Emergency department segmentation
Measurements
Outcomes
Data analysis
Results
Characteristics of study subjects
Variables | Before: winter 2012 | After: summer 2012 |
p
|
---|---|---|---|
(18,795 patients) | (22,204 patients) | ||
Fmc, min - mean ± sd (median; iqr) | |||
overall | 129 ± 133 (93; 53–160) | 104 ± 95 (80; 49–130) | ** |
ctas level 2 | 112 ± 118 (79; 43–145) | 69 ± 55 (52; 27–89) | ** |
ctas level 3 | 123 ± 132 (94; 53–160) | 101 ± 92 (77; 47–128) | ** |
ctas levels 4 and 5 | 137 ± 150 (97; 56–165) | 107 ± 99 (82; 50–12) | ** |
Emergency room los, h - mean ± sd (median; iqr) | 7 ± 7 (5; 3–9) | 6 ± 9 (4; 2–8) | ** |
Inpatient los, days - mean ± sd (median; iqr) | 9 ± 15 (6; 2–11) | 8 ± 11 (5; 2–10) | ** |
Triage delay, min - mean ± sd (median; iqr) | 7 ± 33 (1; 0-1) | 3 ± 30 (1; 0-1) | ** |
Main results
Variables | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
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Before: winter 2011 | Before: summer 2011 |
p
| OR | Before: winter 2012 | After: summer 2012 |
p
| OR | |
(19,799 patients) | (22,524 patients) | (18,795 patients) | (22,204 patients) | |||||
24-hours in-hospital mortality - n (%) | 70 (0.4 %) | 62 (0.3 %) | ns | 0.78 [0.54–1.11] | 84 (0.4 %) | 60 (0.3 %) | ** | 0.60 [0.43–0.85] |
30-days in-hospital mortality - n (%) | 313 (1.6 %) | 313 (1.4 %) | ns | 0.88 [0.75–1.03] | 307 (1.6 %) | 259 (1.2 %) | ** | 0.71 [0.60–0.84] |
In-hospital mortality - n (%) | 340 (1.5 %) | 340 (1.5 %) | ns | 0.88 [0.75–1.02] | 333 (1.8 %) | 284 (1.3 %) | ** | 0.72 [0.61–0.85] |