Table.
Characteristics of responders, non-responders, and the National Emergency Department Inventory-USA.
| NEDI-USA, N = 5,613% |
*
Responders, n = 302% (95% CI) |
Non-responders, n = 762% (95% CI) |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median annual visit volume (IQR) | 20,000 (7,300–42,350) | 14,216 (5,000–37,000) | 16,572 (7,300–38,000) | 0.07 | |
| Hospital type | |||||
| Teaching hospital | 5 | 6 (4–9) | 5 (3–6) | 0.36 | |
| Trauma center | 0.85 | ||||
| No | 83 | 85 (80–88) | 84 (81–86) | ||
| Basic | 8 | 7 (5–11) | 7 (6–9) | ||
| Advanced | 9 | 8 (5–12) | 9 (7–11) | ||
| Critical access hospital | 24 | 41 (36–47) | 32 (29–36) | <0.01 | |
| Urban influence code | <0.01 | ||||
| Urban | 66 | 51 (45–57) | 57 (53–60) | ||
| Large rural | 14 | 13 (10–17) | 17 (15–20) | ||
| Small rural | 20 | 36 (31–42) | 26 (23–29) | ||
| US region | 0.06 | ||||
| Northeast | 11 | 12 (9–16) | 14 (11–16) | ||
| Midwest | 27 | 34 (29–40) | 36 (32–39) | ||
| South | 43 | 34 (29–39) | 37 (34–41) | ||
| West | 19 | 20 (16–25) | 14 (11–16) |
*
Confidence intervals not calculated for NEDI-USA because entire US population of EDs is included; values do not rely on an estimate. The 302 responders (28.4% response rate) reflect a 5.4% random sampling of all 5,613 EDs in the US; NEDI-USA reflects ED-level information from the 2019 NEDI-USA.
CI, confidence interval; ED, emergency department; IQR, interquartile range; NEDI-USA, National Emergency Department Inventory-USA.