Table 1 Emergency department characteristics by capacity
Capacity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Total | Under capacity | Good balance | At capacity | Over capacity | P | ||||
n | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
284 | 32 | 11% | 94 | 33% | 85 | 30% | 73 | 26% | ||
State | ||||||||||
Colorado | 62 | 10 | 16% | 33 | 53% | 13 | 21% | 6 | 10% | <0.001 |
Georgia | 115 | 9 | 8% | 41 | 36% | 34 | 30% | 31 | 27% | |
Massachusetts | 59 | 2 | 3% | 5 | 8% | 23 | 39% | 29 | 49% | |
Oregon | 48 | 11 | 23% | 15 | 31% | 15 | 31% | 7 | 15% | |
Urban influence | ||||||||||
Urban | 159 | 13 | 8% | 48 | 30% | 54 | 34% | 44 | 28% | 0.31 |
Rural, adjacent to urban | 70 | 11 | 16% | 24 | 34% | 19 | 27% | 16 | 23% | |
Rural, not adjacent to urban | 55 | 8 | 15% | 22 | 40% | 12 | 22% | 13 | 24% | |
Teaching hospital | ||||||||||
No | 264 | 31 | 12% | 90 | 34% | 76 | 29% | 67 | 25% | 0.35 |
Yes | 20 | 1 | 5% | 4 | 20% | 9 | 45% | 6 | 30% | |
Critical access hospital | ||||||||||
No | 216 | 24 | 11% | 71 | 33% | 66 | 31% | 55 | 25% | 0.98 |
Yes | 68 | 8 | 12% | 23 | 34% | 19 | 28% | 18 | 26% | |
Visit volume (patients/hour) | ||||||||||
<1 | 59 | 11 | 19% | 40 | 68% | 8 | 14% | 0 | 0% | <0.001 |
1–1.9 | 60 | 4 | 7% | 28 | 47% | 23 | 38% | 5 | 8% | |
2.0–2.9 | 30 | 6 | 20% | 6 | 20% | 12 | 40% | 6 | 20% | |
≥3 | 135 | 11 | 8% | 20 | 15% | 42 | 31% | 62 | 46% | |
Admission rate | ||||||||||
0–10% | 66 | 7 | 11% | 27 | 41% | 22 | 33% | 10 | 15% | 0.16 |
11–20% | 156 | 16 | 10% | 51 | 33% | 43 | 28% | 46 | 29% | |
>20% | 49 | 5 | 10% | 10 | 20% | 18 | 37% | 16 | 33% | |
Uninsured | ||||||||||
0–15% | 86 | 11 | 13% | 23 | 27% | 22 | 26% | 30 | 35% | 0.08 |
16–30% | 114 | 15 | 13% | 34 | 30% | 38 | 33% | 27 | 24% | |
>30% | 59 | 4 | 7% | 28 | 47% | 14 | 24% | 13 | 22% | |