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Characteristics of 2 hospital emergency department (ED) sites.
| Characteristics | Hospital site | |
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A | B |
| Hospital beds, n | 758 | 543 |
| Annual inpatient discharges, n | 83,898 | 45,055 |
| Annual ED attendances, n | 61,939 | 35,687 |
| Annual ED discharges home, n | 40,713 | 23,019 |
| Hospitalizations for which the ED is responsible, % | 25% | 28% |
| ED admission rates, % | 34% | 36% |
