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Table 10 Overall (24/7) length of stay during the study periods

From: The impact of a multimodal intervention on emergency department crowding and patient flow

 

Pre-intervention period n = 31,891

Intervention period n = 32,121

p valueb

Median LOS in minutes (IQR)a,*

157 (102–228)

149 (95–218)

< 0.001

Median LOS per specialism in minutes (IQR)a

 Cardiology

164 (126–215)

160 (123–218)

0.056

 Internal medicine

205 (145–285)

205 (145–279)

0.373

 Neurology

191 (135–266)

175 (120–246)

< 0.001

 Surgery

136 (89–203)

124 (79–187)

< 0.001

 Other specialismc

137 (80–209)

132 (75–199)

< 0.001

Median LOS for self-referred patients (IQR)d

131 (84–192)

124 (78–184)

< 0.001

Median LOS for admitted patients (IQR)e

203 (146–277)

198 (140–269)

< 0.001

 Cardiology

183 (140–237)

180 (137–244)

0.683

 Internal medicine

238 (179–310)

241 (187–310)

0.342

 Neurology

192 (131–270)

186 (124–267)

0.032

 Surgery

215 (148–296)

196 (130–268)

< 0.001

 Other specialismc

201 (143–276)

190 (133–254)

< 0.001

Median LOS for patients who had at least one imaging proceduref

191 (134–263)

181 (126–251)

< 0.001

  1. *Abbreviation: ED emergency department, LOS length of stay, IQR interquartile range
  2. aLOS calculations are based on 63,860 presentations, due to 152 missings
  3. bp value was calculated using Mann-Whitney U tests
  4. cOther specialism; all visits for other specialism besides cardiology, internal medicine, neurology, and surgery (n = 18,667)
  5. dn = 22,119
  6. en = 17,087
  7. fn = 31,108