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Table 5 Length of stay differences between patients treated by emergency physicians or internists

From: Development of an observational instrument to determine variations in the patient care process and patient flow among emergency physicians and internists at the emergency department

Emergency physicians

Internists

Length of stay

Length of stay

Triage category

Mean (hours)

sd (hours)

Mean (hours)

sd (hours)

P-value

Green

1:55

1:11

4:16

2:32

0.05

Yellow

2:14

1:14

5:49

0:58

<0.00

Orange

3:17

2:13

5:10

2:04

0.18

Red*

4:24

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total

2:26

1:33

5:25

1:33

<0.00

  1. *Because only one patient was triaged in the red category, no sd or p-value could be calculated.
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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