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. 2015 Jul 1;10(7):e0129739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129739

Table 1. Overview of hospital and ED characteristics divided in ECAP and non-ECAP hospitals over 2012.

Overview Hospitals
ECAP hospitals Non-ECAP hospitals Total
Hospital Urbanization 2 Urban, 1 Innercity 2 Urban, 1 Innercity
Total hospital beds* 654–696 545–955# 545–955#
Total admissions* 99.412 79.763 179.175
ED admissions of total hospital admissions (%)* 32.7 37.5 34.8
Mean length hospital stay (days) * 4.3–4.8^ 5.0–5.4^ 4.3–5.4
ED Total ED patients per year* 99.859 113.933 213.792
Total ED admissions* 32.506 29.883 62.389
ED admissions of total ED presentations (%)* 32.6 26.2 29.2
EP present 24/7@ 1 Yes, 2 No 2 Yes, 1 No
Triage system< 2 MTS, 1 NTS 1 MTS, 2 ESI

^ N/A in year report, calculated (Known admissions and length of hospital stay).

* table presenting numbers of the year 2012 both office and ECAP hours.

# also includes daycare beds.

@ when EPs are not present 24/7 they are not there during night hours.

<MTS Manchester Triage System, NTS Netherlands Triage System, ESI, Emergency Severity Index.