Table.
Characteristics | Responders, n=77 (80%) | 2007 NEDI-USA, n=4,874 | |
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Median annual visit volume (interquartile range) | 21,024 (7,884–37,668) | 18,903 (7,812–35,252) | |
Hospital type | |||
Teaching hospital | 8 | 4–11 | 6 |
Trauma center (Level I–II)† | 13 | 9–17 | 10 |
Critical access hospital | 26 | 21–32 | 26 |
Urban influence code | |||
Urban | 57 | 51–63 | 58 |
Close to urban | 24 | 19–29 | 23 |
Rural (large town) | 7 | 4–10 | 6 |
Rural (small town) | 12 | 8–16 | 12 |
US region | |||
Northeast | 13 | 9–17 | 14 |
South | 28 | 23–34 | 29 |
Midwest | 41 | 35–47 | 38 |
West | 18 | 13–23 | 19 |
Uninsured patients >25%‡ | 34 | 29–39 | 18 |
Crowded by CDC criteria§ | 46 | 40–52 | 45 |
ED social worker available | 76 | 71–81 | NA |
NA, Not available.
Data are percentage with 95% confidence interval unless otherwise indicated. NEDI-USA includes all US EDs in operation. Critical access hospital, Medicare designation as being a “necessary provider” of health care services and location greater than 35 miles from nearest hospital; urban influence code, a county-based measure of urban-rural status from the US Department of Agriculture, 2003.
Trauma center data are from the Trauma Information Exchange Program (TIEP), American Trauma Society, 2009.
According to the ED director. National data are from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) 2004.10
Presence of at least 1 of the 3 following criteria, as reported by the ED director: average waiting time of 1 hour or greater, left without being seen rate of 3% or greater, or any annual time on ambulance diversion. National data are from NHAMCS 2004.10