Table 3.

Service time distribution based on empiric data

	Acute Patients	Subacute Patients
Short-stay duration	≤2 wk	≤24 h
Proportion, %	98	27
Mean (SD), h	50.9 (53.3)	12.3 (6.5)
Median (IQR), h	33.7 (19.6–63.5)	13.3 (9.3–18.0)
Fit distribution	Lognormal	Uniform
Long-stay duration	>2 wk	>24 h
Proportion, %	2	73
Mean (SD), h	645.4 (387.3)	131.6 (112.7)
Median (IQR), h	499.3 (398.0–760.0)	90.2 (60.0–180.6)
Fit distribution	Exponential	Exponential

Definition of abbreviation: IQR = interquartile range.