Table 1.
ED characteristics, in accordance with Welch et al [1]
| Emergency Department | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| Approximate annual number of patients | 75000 | 65000 | 50000 | 100000 | 55000 | 70000 |
| Time period analysed | Jan 1st - June 30th 2009 | Jan 1st - Jun 30th 2009 | Jan 1st - June 30th 2009 | Jan 1st - June 30th 2009 | June 8th - Oct 10th 2009 | Jan 1st - June 30th 2009 |
| Patient visits included | 38 016 | 32 684 | 24 116 | 48 129 | 17 925 | 34 060 |
| Female patients,% | 55.4 | 49.6 | 49.3 | 50.4 | 49.6 | 50.7 |
| Admission rate,% | 23.3 | 26.9 | 46.3 | 34.6 | Data missing | 12.1 |
| Trauma level* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Specialties present (patient spectrum received) | Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics & Trauma, Infectious diseases, OB/gyn | Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics & Trauma, Infectious diseases | Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Orthopedics & Trauma, Infectious diseases. | Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics & Trauma, Infectious diseases | Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Orthopedics & Trauma, Infectious diseases | Internal Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics & Trauma, Infectious diseases |
| Transplant Service in hospital | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Acuity | High | High | High | High | High | High |
| EM specialist training program | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| IT system delivering ED data | Take care™ | Patientliggaren™, Tieto Corporation | Internally developed system | Akusys™ | Cosmic™ | Take care™ |
*trauma level according the American College of Surgeons [43]. EM, emergency medicine