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Table 2 Summary statistics of wait time and wait time differences of the two sites

From: The effects of publishing emergency department wait time on patient utilization patterns in a community with two emergency department sites: a retrospective, quasi-experiment design

Statistic

Sep 08-Jan 09

Mar 09-Jul 09

P value for trend

UH rate of wait time >2 hours

13.04%

9.81%

0.01

VH rate of wait time >2 hours

12.53%

9.45%

0.01

UH wait time (mean [SD])

106.6 [84.4]

116.3 [88.5]

0.08

UH wait time (95% percentile)

270.0

287.0

0.10

VH wait time (mean [SD])

104.7 [71.5]

112.3 [80.5]

0.15

VH wait time (95% percentile)

260.0

266.0

0.20