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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Oct 1;55(2):133–141. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.023

Table 3.

Weighted percent of hospitals meeting performance measure for a given proportion of their patients

Wait time within triage target Length of visit less than 6 hours Length of visit less than 4 hours
All patients Immediate, emergent and urgent patients* Patients discharged home Patients admitted Patients discharged home Patients admitted
(Weighted hospital N = 4,402) (Weighted hospital N = 4,380) (Weighted hospital N = 4,653) (Weighted hospital N= 4,015) (Weighted hospital N= 4,653) (Weighted hospital N= 4,015)
At least half of patients, % (SE) 91.7 (2.0) 80.3 (2.9) 98.6 (1.3) 90.3 (2.0) 96.1 (1.5) 62.7 (5.0)
At least 75 percent of patients, % (SE) 64.9 (4.2) 37.1 (3.9) 95.7 (1.6) 69.6 (4.5) 75.5 (3.8) 41.6 (5.7)
At least 90 percent of patients, % (SE) 30.5 (4.3) 13.8 (3.3) 79.0 (3.3) 47.7 (5.1) 41.1 (5.2) 24.5 (5.5)

SE: Standard error