Table 2 Four categories of emergency department Characteristics
From: Characterizing emergency departments to improve understanding of emergency care systems
1. ED Location |
|---|
   a. Hospital-based |
   b. Freestanding (non-hospital-based) |
i. Satellite |
ii. Autonomous |
iii. Primary-care-based |
2. ED Layout |
   a. Contiguous |
i. With triage to service |
ii. Without triage to service |
   b. Non-contiguous |
3. Time period open to patients |
   a. Full-time |
   b. Part-time |
   c. Seasonal |
   d. Alternating |
4. Patient type served |
   a. General population |
i. Combined |
ii. Separate |
   b. Adult |
   c. Pediatric |