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 | ||
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High, n = 5 | Low, n = 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 |