Table 2.
Median and 90th percentile ED length of stay for safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals, NHAMCS 2008.
| Safety-net | Non-safety-net | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted Observations (No.) |
Weighted Percentages (%)* |
Median ED Length of Stay (95% CI) (in minutes) |
90th Percentile ED Length of Stay (95% CI) (in minutes) |
Unweighted Observations (No.) |
Weighted Percentages (%) |
Median ED Length of Stay (95% CI) (in minutes) |
90th Percentile ED Length of Stay (95% CI) (in minutes) |
|
| Admissions | 1463 | 3.92 | 269 (178, 397) | 595 (478, 1067) | 2436 | 7.21 | 281 (178, 401) | 576 (529, 615) |
| Critical | 175 | 0.49 | 236 (149, 371) | 542 (422, 1149) | 293 | 0.95 | 248 (157, 346) | 520 (420, 756) |
| Routine (non-critical and non-psychiatric) | 1132 | 3.28 | 271 (187, 395) | 583 (474, 1029) | 2042 | 6.03 | 285 (180, 407) | 572 (525, 610) |
| Psychiatric | 156 | 0.15 | 253 (172, 506 | 908 (434, 1167) | 101 | 0.23 | 290 (173, 579) | 734 (581, 914) |
| Discharges | 8754 | 24.80 | 156 (95, 239) | 347 (323, 368) | 10376 | 32.09 | 148 (88, 238) | 348 (330, 366) |
| Routine (non-psychiatric) | 8299 | 24.02 | 155 (94, 236) | 342 (316, 362) | 10030 | 31.14 | 147 (87, 236) | 344 (328, 361) |
| Psychiatric | 455 | 0.79 | 205 (130, 332) | 534 (417, 688) | 346 | 0.96 | 186 (98, 307) | 513 (397, 716) |
| Admitted to observation | 426 | 0.57 | 355 (221, 675) | 1335 (933, 1719) | 361 | 0.94 | 298 (195, 440) | 904 (530, 1237) |
| Transferred | 197 | 0.54 | 235 (155, 378) | 535 (421, 776) | 254 | 0.73 | 239 (142, 368) | 522 (417, 653) |
| Left without being seen | 213 | 0.62 | 120 (62, 215) | 353 (308, 441) | 207 | 0.61 | 97 (46, 204) | 274 (250, 375) |
| Died in ED | 12 | 0.03** | 128 (35, 211) | 238*** | 20 | 0.05** | 121 (33, 167) | 195 (136, 352) |
*
Weighted percentages represent percentage of total estimated ED visits from the 2008 NHAMCS dataset, including those excluded from further analyses in this study
**
<30 visits, analyses considered unreliable by the National Center for Health Statistics
***
CIs not produced because of small n (n=12)