Table 5.
Sensitivity analysis results
|
Parameter |
Utilization |
Time from arrival to bed (minutes) |
Average total length of stay (minutes) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | Delegate | High acuity | Low acuity | Physician (High Acuity) | Physician (Low Acuity) | Delegate (Low Acuity) | |
| Base case |
41% |
71% |
21.47 (21.19, 21.75) |
88.49 (80.36, 96.62) |
86.83 (85.88, 87.78) |
136.99 (128.47, 145.51) |
142.07 (135.48, 148.66) |
| Patient walk-in arrival (1/2) |
26% |
57% |
15.84 (15.61, 16.07) |
18.99 (18.50, 19.48) |
77.39 (76.12, 78.66) |
58.25 (57.39, 59.11) |
74.33 (73.74, 92) |
| Number of beds (from 5 to 10) |
41% |
70% |
17.60 (17.13, 18.07) |
31.06 (28.53, 33.59) |
92.92 (90.70, 95.14) |
89.68 (84.69, 94.67) |
100.76 (96.96, 104.56) |
| Number charge nurses (from 1 to 2) |
41% |
70% |
19.99 (19.08,20.90) |
71.68 (55.45, 87.91) |
83.56 (80.51, 86.61) |
117.98 (101.96, 134) |
127.13 (106.55, 147.71) |
| Number of bedside nurses (from 2 to 3) |
41% |
70% |
18.79 (18.46, 19.12) |
39.88 (37.25, 42.51) |
78.91 (77.87, 79.95) |
78.79 (75.76, 81.82) |
91.73 (89.36, 94.10) |
| Consultation time (5 to 15 minutes) | 66% | 86% | 22.65 (22.65, 23.05) | 130.32 (111.79, 148.85) | 89.71 (88.76, 90.66) | 179.36 (161.17, 197.55) | 197.56 (177.78, 217.34) |
(95% confidence intervals).