Table 2.
Factors most frequently occurring among the 7 sets of discriminatory factors for predicting <72-hour returns at Hospital 1, and those most frequently occurring among the 70 sets of discriminatory factors for predicting <72-hour returns at Hospital 2.
| Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor Name | Frequency (%) | Factor Name | Frequency (%) | |
| Patient diagnosis | 7 (100%) | Patient diagnosis | 68 (97.14%) | |
| Patient chief complaint | 7 (100%) | Patient chief complaint | 68 (97.14%) | |
| Training Physician: Resident or Fellow. | 4 (57.14%) | Physician Extender (i.e., nurse practitioners or others) | 51 (72.86%) | |
| If IV antibiotics was ordered. | 4 (57.14%) | If the patient received a radiological test | 27 (38.57%) | |
| Attending Provider Ratio (The provider ratio (PR) determines the volume of patients that can be evaluated and treated by the physician providers) see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11691670 for reference | 3 (42.86%) | Expectant Patient: This is a patient is on the way to the ED who was called in by a care provider. | 21 (30%) | |
| Patient has been in ED in last 72 hours | 3 (42.86%) | Time it took when the first medical doctor arrived until the attending arrived | 19 (27.14%) | |
| Primary nurse involved | 2 (28.57%) | Patients who arrived ambulance | 14 (20%) | |
| Time when the patient got an ED bed to time until first medical doctor arrived | 2 (28.57%) | Number of triaged patients at time | 13 (18.57%) | |
| Number of nursing resources requested | 2 (28.57%) | |||