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. 2013 Nov 11;13:17. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-17

Table 2.

Discharged EDLOS (Consulted and Non-Consulted), Admission EDLOS, Physician Initial Assessment, LWBS and Mortality

 
Control
Trial
    EP MDRNSTAT Combined (EP + MDRNSTAT)
Discharges LOS – Not Consulted
 
 
 
 
CTAS 2–3 n
1547
1156
379
1535
LOS (95t% CI)
4:29 (4:19–4:38)
4:07 (3:59–4:18)
4:01 (3:43–4:16)
4:05 (3:58–4:15)
 
 
p = .01, k = 0.1
p = .03, k = 0.1
p = .005, k = 0.1
Pay for Results Threshold (71%)
86.0%
89.1%
89.2%
89.1%
 
p = .02
p = .13
p = .01
CTAS 4–5 n
614
497
126
623
LOS (95% CI)
2:06 (2:02–2:14)
2:08 (2:01–2:21)
1:10 (0:58–1:19)
1:55 (1:48–2:05)
 
 
p = 0.74
p <.0001, k = 0.1
p = .12
Pay for Results Threshold (75%)
84.4%
81.1%
92.1%
83.3%
 
 
p = .17
p = .04
p = .67
Discharges LOS - Consulted
 
 
 
 
CTAS 2–3 n
305
205
81
286
LOS
7:19
7:06
6:25
6:48
 
 
p = 0.5
p = 0.1
p = .27
Pay for Results Threshold (71%)
57.0%
61.5%
64.2%
62.2%
 
 
p = .37
p = .30
p = .23
CTAS 4–5 n
37
32
6
38
LOS
4:57
4:40
4:19
4:40
 
 
p = .71
p = .95
p = .73
Pay for Results Threshold (75%)
40.5%
34.4%
50%
36.8%
 
 
p = .78
p = 1.0
p = .93
Admissions LOS
 
 
 
 
Admissions n
586
451
154
605
LOS
12:03
11:41
11:20
11:36
 
 
p = 0.24
p = 0.1
p = .21
Pay for Results Threshold (38%)
21.3%
22.6%
25.3%
23.3%
 
 
p = .67
p = 0.34
p = 0.34
Physician Initial Assessment
 
 
 
 
n
3092/3163
2341/2387
750
3091/3137
Pay for Results 90th percentile (3:48) (95th CI)
4:25 (4:11–4:36)
3:57 (3:47–4:08)
1:08 (1:01–1:14)
3:31 (3:22–3:42)
Median PIA (95th CI)
1:21 (1:18–1:25)
1:13 (1:10–1:16)
0:25 (0:23–0:26)
0:55 (0:53–0:58)
 
 
p = .0005
p <.0001
p <.0001
LWBS
 
 
 
 
n
69/3163
44/2387
4/750
48/3137
Percentage
2.2%
1.9%
0.53%
1.5%
 
p = 0.43
p = .001
p = .06
Mortality
 
 
 
 
n
5/3163
2/2387
0/750
2/3137
Percentage
0.16%
0.08%
0%
0.06%
    p = .71 p = .59 p = .45