Table II.

Time measures (minutes) in the emergency department during the two study periods with different triage models.

	Triage model/year	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile	P value
Time to physician	Nurse triage 2008	36.0	80.0	165.0	<0.001
	Physician triage 2012	15.0	33.0	66.0
Time from physician to dischargea	Nurse triage 2008	43.0	103.0	179.0	<0.001
	Physician triage 2012	61.0	127.0	202.0
Length of stay	Nurse triage 2008	137.0	219.0	320.0	<0.001
	Physician triage 2012	110.0	185.0	266.0

^aIn total, 831 and 700 data points were missing in 2008 and 2012, respectively.