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. 2016 Oct 25;4(1):41–48. doi: 10.1002/nop2.68

Table 2.

Nursing homes with high vs. low transfer rates to the ED – presentation of variables analysed with Mann–Whitney analysis

Transfer rates to the ED z; p
High, n = 5 Low, = 6
Min‐max/M; Md
Characteristics of nursing homes
Number of beds 20–80/44; 42 22–51/34; 29.5 0.6; 0.52
RNs ratio/resident 0.05–0.19/0.11; 0.09 0.08–0.24/0.14; 0.14 0.7; 0.46
Assistant nurses ratio/resident 0.43–2.47/1.52; 1.73 0.92–1.92/1.58; 1.64 0.4; 0.71
Interviewed RNs’ work experience
Years as RN 2.5–26/10.3;7 12–30/20.5;20 1.8; 0.07
Years in care for the older people 2–5.5/3.2;2.5 11–30/16.3;14.5 2.8; <0.01