Table 3.
Mean and median duration of treat-and-release visits at EDs by disposition of the patient at discharge across hospital and area characteristics
|
Routine |
Transfer to short term hospitals |
Transfer to other facilities* |
Home health care** |
Against medical care |
Died |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
| All visits |
186.9 |
126.0 |
288.7 |
240.0 |
507.2 |
304.2 |
871.0 |
420.0 |
209.0 |
145.8 |
156.9 |
60.0 |
| Hospital State | ||||||||||||
| Arizona |
207.8 |
180.0 |
316.3 |
240.0 |
630.4 |
420.0 |
650.8 |
360.0 |
220.2 |
120.0 |
144.3 |
60.0 |
| Massachusetts |
186.0 |
135.6 |
. |
. |
488.6 |
297.6 |
. |
. |
206.9 |
169.2 |
170.2 |
68.4 |
| Utah |
136.5 |
60.0 |
157.8 |
120.0 |
287.6 |
120.0 |
1,315.2 |
1,170.0 |
121.6 |
. |
138.6 |
60.0 |
| Hospital Location | ||||||||||||
| Rural |
164.8 |
120.0 |
271.5 |
240.0 |
414.4 |
261.0 |
. |
. |
179.2 |
120.0 |
126.8 |
3.6 |
| Urban |
190.5 |
130.8 |
292.2 |
240.0 |
525.6 |
318.0 |
904.9 |
420.0 |
212.7 |
154.2 |
163.5 |
60.0 |
| Teaching Status | ||||||||||||
| Teaching |
215.5 |
171.6 |
317.9 |
240.0 |
595.0 |
360.0 |
826.9 |
420.0 |
235.7 |
180.0 |
145.3 |
60.0 |
| Non-teaching |
158.4 |
120.0 |
261.7 |
240.0 |
424.2 |
171.0 |
972.6 |
360.0 |
163.7 |
120.0 |
173.6 |
68.4 |
| Ownership Status | ||||||||||||
| Public |
171.3 |
120.0 |
312.0 |
240.0 |
458.4 |
268.2 |
. |
. |
169.4 |
120.0 |
111.2 |
60.0 |
| Non-profit |
192.3 |
139.2 |
297.3 |
240.0 |
530.3 |
324.0 |
658.6 |
300.0 |
233.6 |
180.0 |
168.0 |
66.9 |
| For-profit |
173.9 |
120.0 |
256.4 |
180.0 |
428.1 |
280.2 |
1,298.4 |
1140.0 |
138.9 |
60.0 |
140.7 |
60.0 |
| System Status | ||||||||||||
| Member |
191.7 |
124.8 |
280.3 |
240.0 |
515.9 |
312.0 |
911.4 |
420.0 |
224.0 |
133.2 |
138.2 |
60.0 |
| Non-member |
177.2 |
126.6 |
303.0 |
240.0 |
502.1 |
300.6 |
. |
. |
184.9 |
157.8 |
205.9 |
81.3 |
| Other Characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Non-trauma centers |
179.8 |
120.0 |
286.7 |
240.0 |
473.4 |
298.8 |
910.7 |
420.0 |
195.4 |
120.0 |
169.2 |
78.6 |
| Level 1 trauma centers |
264.9 |
183.0 |
376.0 |
300.0 |
725.8 |
459.6 |
. |
. |
278.1 |
183.8 |
142.2 |
54.3 |
| Level 2 trauma centers |
132.8 |
112.8 |
. |
. |
425.7 |
285.6 |
. |
. |
152.4 |
121.2 |
108.3 |
34.2 |
| Level 3 trauma centers |
134.2 |
109.8 |
. |
. |
397.1 |
279.4 |
. |
. |
173.8 |
152.1 |
117.6 |
59.4 |
| Hospital Bed Size | ||||||||||||
| Small |
163.4 |
120.0 |
234.5 |
180.0 |
425.6 |
268.2 |
462.8 |
180.0 |
175.5 |
127.2 |
139.8 |
105.0 |
| Medium |
159.4 |
120.0 |
262.7 |
240.0 |
438.0 |
272.4 |
741.3 |
360.0 |
157.1 |
120.0 |
197.9 |
60.0 |
| Large |
212.1 |
172.8 |
329.3 |
300.0 |
600.4 |
367.8 |
1,068.4 |
540.0 |
235.3 |
180.0 |
143.4 |
60.0 |
| Median Household | ||||||||||||
| $1 - $38,999 |
190.1 |
124.8 |
282.0 |
240.0 |
546.5 |
360.0 |
859.3 |
480.0 |
200.6 |
121.8 |
125.7 |
60.0 |
| $39,000 - $48,999 |
190.2 |
123.0 |
296.5 |
240.0 |
530.3 |
318.3 |
1,052.3 |
480.0 |
218.2 |
159.9 |
133.6 |
60.0 |
| $49,000 - $63,999 |
184.9 |
121.8 |
287.0 |
240.0 |
482.8 |
295.2 |
936.9 |
480.0 |
207.2 |
144.0 |
191.9 |
70.2 |
| $64,000 and over | 184.9 | 134.4 | 292.2 | 240.0 | 501.7 | 301.2 | 622.6 | 240.0 | 203.6 | 165.6 | 167.4 | 60.0 |
Note: Data include all treat-and-release discharges at emergency departments during 2008 in Arizona, Massachusetts, and Utah. Duration is measured in minutes as the difference between admission and discharge time for each visit. Statistics are not reported whenever there are fewer than 100 observations in a particular cell.
* Other facilities include skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, and other types of similar facilities.
** Home health care facilities also include IV providers and hospice home care facilities. Detailed description for each discharge.