Table 4.

Analysis by emergency department roles/regions combined across all sites

Regions	Non-scribed	Scribed	Absolute change
Senior doctor at triage (includes paediatric emergency department)
Total shifts	155	55	–
Mean (95% CI) primary patients/h/doctor*	2.13 (1.96 to 2.31)	2.67 (2.28 to 3.06)	0.53 (0.16 to 0.90) increase
Mean (95% CI) total patients/h/doctor*	2.27 (2.08 to 2.46)	2.80 (2.39 to 3.21)	0.53 (0.14 to 0.93) increase
Acute
Total shifts	2172	322	–
Mean (95% CI) primary patients/h/doctor*	0.71 (0.70 to 0.73)	0.82 (0.78 to 0.86)	0.10 (0.06 to 0.15) increase
Mean (95% CI) total patients/h/doctor*	1.04 (1.01 to 1.06)	1.12 (1.08 to 1.17)	0.09 (0.03 to 0.15) increase
Sub-acute
Total shifts	463	103	–
Mean (95% CI) primary patients/h/doctor†	1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)	1.03 (0.89 to 1.16)	0.02 (0.14 to 0.19) reduction
Mean (95% CI) total patients/h/doctor†	1.23 (1.15 to 1.31)	1.18 (1.02 to 1.33)	0.05 (−0.14 to 0.24) reduction
Paediatric
Total shifts	506	109	–
Mean (95% CI) primary patients/h/doctor*	0.75 (0.72 to 0.78)	0.92 (0.82 to 1.01)	0.17 (0.09 to 0.25) increase
Mean (95% CI) total patients/h/doctor*	1.12 (1.08 to 1.16)	1.25 (1.16 to 1.35)	0.13 (0.04 to 0.22) increase

^*P<0.05.

^†P>0.05.