Table 1.
Demographics of Study Patients
| Feature | Control n=681 |
Intervention n=599 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 50 (31–67) | 49 (31–66) | 0.70 |
| Total patient volume during study days/times | 62 (49–87) | 53 (48–76) | <0.001 |
| Sex | 0.49 | ||
| Female | 355 (52) | 323 (54) | |
| Male | 327 (48) | 276 (46) | |
| Patients per day of week | 0.74 | ||
| Tuesday | 110 (16) | 80 (13) | |
| Wednesday | 108 (16) | 101 (17) | |
| Thursday | 107 (16) | 105 (18) | |
| Friday | 95 (14) | 89 (15) | |
| Saturday | 172 (25) | 148 (25) | |
| Sunday | 89 (13) | 76 (13) | |
| ESI level | 0.016 | ||
| 3 | 445 (65) | 425 (71) | |
| 4 | 224 (33) | 170 (28) | |
| 5 | 12 (2) | 4 (1) | |
| ESI level | 0.032 | ||
| 3 | 445 (65) | 425 (71) | |
| 4/5 | 236 (35) | 174 (29) | |
| LWBS | 48 (7) | 35 (6) | 0.38 |
IQR = interquartile range; ESI = Emergency Severity Index; LWBS = left without being seen. Data are reported as median (IQR) or n (%)