Table 1 Emergency department characteristics ( n = 63)
From: Emergency department crowding in The Netherlands: managers’ experiences
Mean (SD) | Median | Range | Responding hospitals, n(%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Annual ED visits | 24,936 (9,840) | 24,000 | 7,972-52,400 | 61 (97) |
General hospitals | 24,601 (10,331) | 23,625 | 7,972-52,400 | 53 (84) |
University hospitals | 27,155 (5,535) | 26,903 | 19,487-34,500 | 8 (100) |
No. of ED beds | 16 (6) | 16 | 4-28 | 60 (95) |
No. of ED nurses | ||||
Day shift | 4.48 (1.56) | 4 | 2-10 | 60 (95) |
Evening shift | 4.78 (1.89) | 4.5 | 2-12 | 60 (95) |
Night shift | 2.82 (0.97) | 3 | 1-6 | 60 (95) |
No. of physicians | ||||
Day shift | 5.71 (3.23) | 5 | 1-14 | 57 (90) |
Evening shift | 4.90 (2.94) | 4 | 1-12 | 57 (90) |
Night shift | 3.41 (2.47) | 2 | 1-10 | 56 (89) |
Percentage of ED visits arriving by ambulance | 17 (9) | 15 | 5-60 | 55 (87) |
Percentage of ED visits by self-referrals | 35 (19) | 33 | 3-71 | 58 (92) |
No. of staffed beds in hospital | 486 (287) | 365 | 140-1,300 | 52 (83) |
No. of ICU beds in hospital | 16 (16) | 12 | 3-88 | 51 (81) |
No. of ED patients admitted for inpatient care | 7,606 (2,653) | 7,267 | 3,367-13,290 | 24 (38) |
Percentage of ED patients admitted for inpatient care | 32 (10) | 33 | 15-55 | 33 (52) |
ED LOS undifferentiated, min | 131 (21) | 135 | 90-163 | 11 (18) |
ED LOS discharged patients, min | 119 (40) | 118 | 45-220 | 39 (62) |
ED LOS for admitted patients, min | 146 (49) | 150 | 15-217 | 37 (59) |
Change in volume of annual ED visits from 2008 to 2012 | ||||
Increased ED visits 1 | 1,634 (1,589) | 1,042 | 59-6,477 | 43 (68) |
General hospitals | 1,541 (1,469) | 1,016 | 59-5,283 | 37 (67) |
University hospitals | 2,206 (2,280) | 1,359 | 500-6,477 | 6 (75) |
Decreased visits | 2,405 (1,761) | 1,566 | 738-6,376 | 13 (21) |
General hospitals | 2,427 (1,902) | 1,500 | 738-6,376 | 11 (20) |
University hospitals | 2,281 (1,010) | 2,280 | 1,566-2,995 | 2 (25) |