Table 1.
Characteristics of MDRNSTAT Trial and Control Clusters from October 2009-April 2010 (EP = Emergency Physician, MDRNSTAT = Physician-Nurse Supplementary Team at Triage)
| |
Control Days |
Trial Days |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
EP |
MDRNSTAT |
Combined (EP + MDRNSTAT) |
p
|
||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| No. of Patients (randomization) |
8503 |
36.1 |
|
|
|
|
8531 |
36.3 |
|
| No. of Patients (8:00–14:30) |
3163 |
37.2 |
2387 |
|
750 |
|
3137 |
36.5 |
0.58 |
| Visits/shift |
47.9 |
|
|
|
48.3 |
|
|
|
|
| No. of Clusters (Shifts) |
66 |
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
|
| No. of Patients seen after 8:00 arriving before 8:00 |
331 |
31.2 |
295 |
|
78 |
|
373 |
32.5 |
0.55 |
| Sex (Male) |
1389 |
43.9 |
|
|
|
|
1362 |
43.4 |
0.71 |
| Age (mean) |
56yo |
|
56yo |
|
54yo |
|
56yo |
|
|
| CTAS 1 (of 8:00–14:30) |
108 |
2.9 |
97 |
|
6 |
|
103 |
3.1 |
0.84 |
| CTAS 2–3 (of 8:00–14:30) |
2489 |
78.7 |
1828 |
76.6 |
615 |
82.0 |
2443 |
77.9 |
0.45 |
| CTAS 4–5 (of 8:00–14:30) |
674 |
21.3 |
559 |
23.4 |
135 |
18.0 |
694 |
22.1 |
0.45 |
| Directs (of 8:00–14:30) |
139 |
4.1 |
117 |
|
17 |
|
134 |
4.0 |
0.85 |
| Admits (of 8:00–14:30) |
586 |
18.5 |
451 |
18.9 |
154 |
20.5 |
605 |
19.3 |
0.44 |
| Discharges (of 8:00–14:30) |
2503 |
79.1 |
|
|
|
|
2482 |
79.1 |
0.99 |
| No. of CT/Study Discharges |
280 |
11.2 |
|
|
|
|
295 |
11.9 |
0.44 |
| No. of CT/Study Admissions |
160 |
27.3 |
|
|
|
|
163 |
26.9 |
0.89 |
| No. of CT/Study Discharges & Admissions | 440 | 14.2 | 458 | 14.8 | 0.51 | ||||