Table 1. Sample’s characteristics.

	Whole sample	Indigenous staff model-EDs	hybrid staff model-EDs
	(n = 29)	(n = 14)	(n = 15)
ED CHARACTERISTICS
Number of beds in the hospital	482.8	430.9	532.6 *
Number of beds in the ED	11.8	10.6	12.9 *
Number of physicians/100 patients	6.5	6.9	6.1 *
Mean number of patient/day (IQR)	114.6 (71–147)	99.3 (56–134)	129.2 (94–157) *
Mean length of stay (hours)	4.3	3.6	4.9 *
Proportion of seriously ill patients	17	21.6	12.7 *
Hospital type (n, %)
academic	14 (48.3%)	3 (21.4%)	11 (73.3%) *
Non academic	15 (51.7%)	11 (78.6%)	4 (26.7%)
Location (n,%)
Out of Paris city	22 (75.9%)	11 (78.6%)	11 (73.3%)
In Paris city	7 (24.1%)	3 (21.4%)	4 (26.7%)
ED CHARACTERISTICS RELATED
TO THE INTERVENTION
Medical staff training (n, %)
No	14 (48.3%)	5 (35.7%)	9 (60%)
At least one physician	15 (51.7%)	9 (64.3%)	6 (40%)
Proportion of nurses trained	67%	73%	62%
Mean support score	3.55	4.14	3.00 *
Identification of a leader (n, %)
No	13 (44.8%)	4 (28.6%)	9 (60%)
Yes	16 (55.2%)	10 (71.4%)	6 (40%)

^*p<0.05.