Table 1.
ED characteristics and eligible adult patients with serious illness, by year
| Site | Location | Inpatient beds | Admissions | ED visits | Eligible*, no (% of ED visits) |
Discharged or Observed†, no (% of eligible) |
| New York University (NYU) School of Medicine | ||||||
| Perelman ED/Tisch Hospital | New York City, New York, USA | 718 | 38 045 | 60 096 | 9014 (15) | 2704 (30) |
| Bellevue Hospital Center ED | New York City, New York, USA | 827 | 29 793 | 122 389 | 11 015 (9) | 2203 (20) |
| NYU Hospital Brooklyn ED | Brooklyn, New York, USA | 450 | 24 748 | 68 060 | 8167 (12) | 2041 (25) |
| Brigham and Women’s/Dana Farber Cancer Institute | ||||||
| Brigham and Women’s ED | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 757 | 19 091 | 62 000 | 9300 (15) | 2511 (27) |
| Beaumont | ||||||
| Royal Oak | Royal Oak, Michigan, USA | 1070 | 58 539 | 120 000 | 25 666 (21) | 3853 (15) |
| Troy | Troy, Michigan, USA | 520 | 33 759 | 79 000 | 17 434 (22) | 2151 (12) |
| Ohio State University | ||||||
| Wexner Medical Center | Columbus, Ohio, USA | 962 | 45 927 | 120 156 | 17 801 (15) | 8393 (47) |
| University of Florida (UF) | ||||||
| UF Shands | Gainesville, Florida, USA | 973 | 41 669 | 75 537 | 15 561 (21) | 5176 (33) |
| Yale University | ||||||
| Yale New Haven | New Haven, Connecticut, USA | 1576 | 54 412 | 141 422 | 11 828 (8) | 4408 (37) |
*ED-admissions by patients with ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes consistent with advanced cancer or end-stage organ failure.
†Patients who met criteria based on ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes who were discharged home from the ED or the observation unit.
ED, emergency department.