Table 3.

Relationship between ED characteristics and percentage of patients assessed for self-harm

Study site	Percentage assessed for self- harm	Type of hospital	Annual ED volume	ED admission rate, %	ED electronic medical record	Presence of a specific policy for self-harm assessment	Psychiatric social worker available for ED consults	Psychiatrist (resident or attending) available for ED consults
1	3.5	University/tertiary care	48,644	25	Complete	No	No	Yes
2	4.8	University/tertiary care	43,639	25	Partial	Yes	Yes	No
3	5.4	University/tertiary care	55,000	47	Partial	No	Yes	Yes
4	9.3	Community teaching	34,502	17	Complete	Yes	Yes	No
5	16	University/tertiary care	51,414	18	Complete	No	Yes	No
6	19	University/tertiary care	64,684	23	Complete	Yes	Yes	Yes
7	31	Community teaching	27,607	17	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
8 (outlying)	95	Community teaching	74,000	23	Partial	Yes	Yes	No

^*Complete electronic medical records included records where all aspects of the patient’s care including documentation, results, and ordering was electronic. Partial were missing one or more of these elements.