Table 5. Percentage of time the less acute patient was seen before the more acute patient in the pair.

ESI, Emergency Severity Index

ESI comparison group	Comparison group (N)	Percentage of pairs in which less acute patients are seen first (N)	Median time difference (minutes)
1 vs. 3	4	0 (0)	30
2 vs. 3	92	34.8 (32)	13
2 vs. 4	15	53.3 (8)	-2
3 vs. 4	15	66.7 (10)	-11
More acute vs. less acute	126	39.4 (50)	9