Table 3.
Number of patients transferred to other departments after initial treatment within the emergency department by time of admission
| Weekday (From 7.00 am on Monday to 2.59 p.m. on Friday) |
Weekend (From 3.00 p.m. on Friday to 6.59 a.m. on Monday) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime (7.00 a.m. – 2.59 p.m.) | Evening (3.00 p.m. – 10.59 p.m.) | Nighttime (11.00 p.m. – 6.59 a.m.) | Daytime (7.00 a.m. – 2.59 p.m.) | Evening (3.00 p.m. – 10.59 p.m.) | Nighttime (11.00 p.m. – 6.59 a.m.) | |
| n (% of group) | ||||||
| Overall | 5163 (42,5) | 2379 (19,6) | 674 (5,5) | 1276 (10,5) | 1971 (16,2) | 684 (5,6) |
| Departments within the hospital | ||||||
| Cardiology department | 393 (7,6) | 129 (5,4) | 43 (6,4) | 76 (6,0) | 101 (5,1) | 30 (4,4) |
| Neurological department | 162 (3,1) | 72 (3,0) | 22 (3,3) | 33 (2,6) | 52 (2,6) | 13 (1,9) |
| Other medical departments | 1207 (23,4) | 565 (23,8) | 142 (21,1) | 248 (19,4) | 427 (21,7) | 129 (18,9) |
| Orthopedic surgery department | 790 (15,3) | 432 (18,2) | 132 (19,6) | 300 (23,5) | 390 (19,8) | 131 (19,2) |
| Other surgical departments | 1320 (25,6) | 575 (24,2) | 186 (27,6) | 301 (23,6) | 463 (23,5) | 192 (28,1) |
| Gynecology department/obstetrics | 241 (4,7) | 136 (5,7) | 37 (5,5) | 83 (6,5) | 108 (5,5) | 24 (3,5) |
| Psychiatry | 56 (1,1) | 22 (0,9) | 10 (1,5) | 2 (0,2) | 32 (1,6) | 11 (1,6) |
| Pediatric ward | 220 (4,3) | 120 (5,0) | 9 (1,3) | 62 (4,9) | 115 (5,8) | 11 (1,6) |
| Intern transferring within the ED | 565 (10,9) | 205 (8,6) | 46 (6,8) | 95 (7,5) | 153 (7,8) | 68 (9,9) |
| ICU (intensive care unit) | 47 (0,9) | 58 (2,4) | 31 (4,6) | 27 (2,1) | 52 (2,6) | 49 (7,2) |
| Departments at other hospitals | ||||||
| Cardiology department | 6 (0,1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0,1) | 4 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) |
| Neurological department | 47 (0,9) | 18 (0,8) | 6 (0,9) | 15 (1,2) | 24 (1,2) | 4 (0,6) |
| Other medical departments | 15 (0,3) | 11 (0,5) | 6 (0,9) | 4 (0,3) | 12 (0,6) | 2 (0,3) |
| Orthopedic surgery department | 20 (0,4) | 2 (0,1) | 0 | 8 (0,6) | 0 | 0 |
| Other surgical departments | 52 (1,0) | 19 (0,8) | 1 (0,2) | 16 (1,3) | 23 (1,2) | 12 (1,8) |
| Gynecology department/obstetrics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychiatry | 1 (0,0) | 7 (0,3) | 2 (0,3) | 0 | 2 (0,1) | 4 (0,6) |
| Pediatric ward | 1 (0,0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Another ED | 15 (0,3) | 7 (0,3) | 1 (0,2) | 5 (0,4) | 11 (0,6) | 3 (0,4) |
| ICU (intensive care unit) | 5 (0,1) | 1 (0,0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0,1) | 0 |