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Table 1 Ambulance offload delay times: total and by NEDOCS score group

From: Evaluation of ambulance offload delay at a university hospital emergency department

 

Range

25 thPercentile

Median

75 thPercentile

% of total sample

Total sample

0–157 min

5 min

11 min

21 min

100%

NEDOCS group 1 (0–100)

0–130 min

5 min

9.5 min

19 min

23.6%

NEDOCS group 2 (101–140)

0–85 min

5 min

10 min

18 min

41.3%

NEDOCS group 3 (141–180)

0–121 min

6 min

14.5 min

31.75 min

29.8%

NEDOCS group 4 (>180)

1–157 min

6 min

13.5 min

39.25 min

5.4%

  1. Key outcomes are summarized above. Significant variability in AOD was noted across all NEDOCs groups, and therefore times are related as quartiles. There was a statistical difference between the NEDOCS score groups (p < 0.001).