Table 1. Patient characteristics (n = 106,206).
| Variables | Descriptive | Variables | Descriptive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Length of stay (hr)* | 1.46 | (2.07) | Patient Disposition | ||
| Triage to physician (hr)* | 0.16 | (0.16) | Discharged by physician | 101972 | (96.0) |
| physician to discharge (hr)* | 1.20 | (2.03) | Left without noticed | 509 | (0.48) |
| Age | 35.89 | (25.7) | Discharged against medical advice | 3702 | (3.49) |
| Agegroup | Left without being seen | 23 | (0.02) | ||
| <20 | 34385 | (32.4) | Tests required | ||
| 20–40 | 26614 | (25.1) | EKG obtained | 11429 | (10.8) |
| 40–60 | 23886 | (22.5) | Blood test obtained | 41816 | (39.4) |
| 60–80 | 16369 | (15.4) | X-ray obtained | 47490 | (44.7) |
| >80 | 4952 | (4.66) | CT obtained | 6868 | (6.47) |
| Male Sex | 56150 | (52.9) | Consultation provided | 20972 | (19.8) |
| On critical status | 392 | (0.37) | Arrival time | ||
| Transferred patients | 3151 | (2.97) | Day shift (08–16) | 39265 | (37.0) |
| Patient entity | Middle shift (16–24) | 43460 | (40.9) | ||
| Adult non-trauma | 59171 | (55.7) | Night shift (24–08) | 23481 | (22.1) |
| Trauma | 20584 | (19.4) | Weekday | ||
| Pediatric non-trauma | 26451 | (24.9) | Monday | 15241 | (14.4) |
| Triage level | Tuesday | 14604 | (13.8) | ||
| level 1 | 3764 | (3.54) | Wednesday | 13664 | (12.9) |
| Level 2 | 8919 | (8.40) | Thursday | 13805 | (13.0) |
| Level 3 | 67676 | (63.7) | Friday | 13951 | (13.1) |
| Level 4 | 23506 | (22.1) | Saturday | 15267 | (14.4) |
| Level 5 | 2341 | (2.20) | Sunday | 19674 | (18.5) |
| Daily ED census * | 438 | (72.0) | |||
* Presented as median (IQR)