Table 3.

Sensitivity analysis: alternative measure of ED crowding.^*

	Inpatient Mortality, N=995,358
Diversion Hours on Admission Date†	OR	95% CI
0 (Reference)
0–5	1.02	0.99–1.06
>5	1.06	1.02–1.1

^*Adjusted for hospital fixed-effects and admission-level covariates; see text.

^†Distribution of data: 0, 49%; 0 to 5, 28%; and greater than 5, 23%.