Table 2.

Boarding time and psychiatric hospitalization rates under the Alameda Model.

Number of patients	n=144
Average boarding time*	107.6 min (1 hr 48 min)
Patients admitted to inpatient psychiatric services from psychiatric emergency services (PES)	24.8%
Patients discharged from PES	75.2%

^*Time from patient determined to be stable for transfer to discharge from the emergency department.