Table 6 Overall (24/7) crowding measurements during the study periods
From: The impact of a multimodal intervention on emergency department crowding and patient flow
mNEDOCS measurements | Pre-intervention period n = 21,989 | Intervention period n = 21,989 | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Median mNEDOCS (IQR)* | 41 (10–70) | 28 (8–51) | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | < 0.001 |
Crowding (mNEDOCS > 100) n (%) | 1688 (7.7) | 292 (1.3) | 0.16 (0.14–0.18) | < 0.001 |
mNEDOCS categories n (%) | ||||
0–20, not busy | 7354 (33.4) | 8930 (40.6) | 1.36 (1.31–1.42) | < 0.001 |
21–60, busy | 7413 (33.7) | 9369 (42.6) | 1.46 (1.40–1.52) | < 0.001 |
61–100, extremely busy | 5534 (25.2) | 3398 (15.5) | 0.54 (0.52–0.57) | < 0.001 |
101–140, crowded | 1525 (6.9) | 288 (1.3) | 0.18 (0.16–0.20) | < 0.001 |
141–180, severely crowded | 159 (0.7) | 4 (0.0) | 0.03 (0.01–0.07) | < 0.001 |
> 180, disaster | 4 (0.0) | 0 | 0.50 (0.50–0.51) | 0.125 |