Table 1.
Overall descriptive statistics for 93 ED shifts.
| Parameter | Central tendency | IQR* or 95% CI* * |
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| Median % of charts entered into EDAD | 91.4 | IQR 87.7–93.2 |
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| Median time to triage (min) | 11 | IQR 7–21.5 |
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| Median time to physician (tMD in min) | 47 | IQR 35–57 |
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| Mean % of patients admitted outside of ED | 4.0 | 95% CI 3.8–4.3 |
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| Median n patients | 498 | IQR 135–587 |
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| Median n physicians | 22 | IQR 20–23 |
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| Median % of patients from Qatar | 19.5 | IQR 17.1–21.3 |
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| Mean % of male patients | 64.8 | 95% CI 64.0–65.9 |
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| Mean age of patients | 30.5 | 95% CI 30.2–30.8 |
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| Mean % of ambulance arrival | 15.2 | 95% CI 14.6–15.9 |
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| Median % of patients with physician referral to the ED | 3.1 | IQR 2.1–4.1 |
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| Median % of chief complaint categories:*** | ||
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| Gastrointestinal | 16.9 | IQR 15.0–19.6 |
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| Soft tissue injury or infection | 11.4 | IQR 10.1–13.6 |
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| Musculoskeletal pain | 9.7 | IQR 7.5–11.7 |
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| Eye, ear, nose, or throat | 9.5 | IQR 7.8–10.6 |
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| Neurologic or psychiatric | 8.2 | IQR 7.3–9.3 |
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| Shock or trauma | 7.6 | IQR 6.4–9.7 |
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| Chest complaints | 6.9 | IQR 6.0–7.6 |
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| Fever | 4.9 | IQR 4.0–5.9 |
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*IQR: interquartile range.
**CI: confidence interval.
***The remaining 24.9% of cases had “other” diagnoses.