Table 5 Crowding measurements during peak hours (noon to 8 pm) of the study periods
From: The impact of a multimodal intervention on emergency department crowding and patient flow
mNEDOCS measurements | Pre-intervention period n = 7335 | Intervention period n = 7335 | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Median mNEDOCS (IQR)* | 74 (56–94) | 54 (38–71) | 0.97 (0.97–0.97) | < 0.001 |
Crowding (mNEDOCS > 100) n (%) | 1367 (18.6) | 260 (3.5) | 0.16 (0.14–0.18) | < 0.001 |
mNEDOCS categories n (%) | ||||
0–20, not busy | 111 (1.5) | 500 (6.8) | 4.80 (3.87–5.86) | < 0.001 |
21–60, busy | 2150 (29.3) | 3969 (54.1) | 2.84 (2.66–3.04) | < 0.001 |
61–100, extremely busy | 3707 (50.5) | 2606 (35.5) | 0.54 (0.51–0.58) | < 0.001 |
101–140, crowded | 1226 (16.7) | 257 (3.5) | 0.18 (0.16–0.21) | < 0.001 |
141–180, severely crowded | 138 (1.9) | 3 (0.0) | 0.02 (0.01–0.07) | < 0.001 |
> 180, disaster | 3 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.50 (0.49–0.51) | 0.248 |