Table 2.
ED visit characteristics by site and overall excluding those with physicians having < 50 visits.
| Facility 1 | Facility 2 | Facility 3 | Facility 4 | Facility 5 | Combined | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=13855 | N=10362 | N=8137 | N=4047 | N=10903 | N=47304 | ||||
| Patient sex : Female | 58% (8085) | 62% (6404) | 68% (5528) | 58% (2334) | 60% (6554) | 61% (28905) | |||
| Patient age, years (IQR) | 39 (28,52) | 43 (29,59) | 40 (26,55) | 44 (31,58) | 39 (27,55) | 40 (28,55) | |||
| Triage acuity, % (N) | |||||||||
| 1 | 0% (5) | 0% (5) | 0% (0) | 0% (18) | 0% (14) | 0% (42) | |||
| 2 | 13% (1755) | 8% (823) | 1% (88) | 7% (278) | 3% (318) | 7% (3262) | |||
| 3 | 43% (5901) | 63% (6562) | 53% (4327) | 66% (2655) | 70% (7671) | 57% (27116) | |||
| 4 | 37% (5173) | 24% (2466) | 42% (3395) | 26% (1035) | 25% (2731) | 31% (14800) | |||
| 5 | 7% (1021) | 5% (506) | 4% (327) | 2% (61) | 2% (169) | 4% (2084) | |||
| Time of service, % (N) | |||||||||
| 6AM-12PM | 33% (4574) | 26% (2739) | 24% (1938) | 26% (1060) | 25% (2713) | 28% (13024) | |||
| 12PM-6PM | 36% (4998) | 36% (3711) | 35% (2860) | 34% (1372) | 36% (3903) | 36% (16844) | |||
| 6PM-MN | 22% (3105) | 27% (2838) | 30% (2437) | 29% (1188) | 29% (3122) | 27% (12690) | |||
| MN-6AM | 9% (1178) | 10% (1074) | 11% (902) | 11% (427) | 11% (1165) | 10% (4746) | |||
| Patient insurance status, % (N) | |||||||||
| Government | 67% (9304) | 53% (5503) | 27% (2207) | 18% (730) | 31% (3331) | 45% (21075) | |||
| Private | 20% (2729) | 18% (1826) | 26% (2151) | 42% (1700) | 35% (3868) | 26% (12274) | |||
| Unknown | 11% (1514) | 11% (1168) | 30% (2434) | 28% (1117) | 14% (1543) | 16% (7776) | |||
| Uninsured | 2% (284) | 15% (1507) | 16% (1331) | 12% (484) | 16% (1698) | 11% (5304) | |||
| Other | 0% (24) | 3% (358) | 0% (14) | 0% (16) | 4% (463) | 2% (875) | |||
| Standardized chief complaint, % (N) | |||||||||
| Unknown | 2% (241) | 2% (245) | 34% (2770) | 60% (2421) | 24% (2626) | 18% (8303) | |||
| Musculoskeletal | 21% (2910) | 16% (1678) | 13% (1030) | 8% (321) | 18% (1966) | 17% (7905) | |||
| Ophthalmological | 17% (2291) | 20% (2068) | 9% (723) | 5% (207) | 14% (1530) | 14% (6819) | |||
| Trauma | 8% (1146) | 9% (952) | 7% (586) | 6% (223) | 7% (794) | 8% (3701) | |||
| Respiratory | 6% (893) | 9% (887) | 5% (428) | 3% (111) | 5% (510) | 6% (2829) | |||
| Gastrointestinal | 5% (726) | 9% (951) | 7% (554) | 3% (137) | 5% (590) | 6% (2958) | |||
| Neurological | 5% (675) | 8% (781) | 5% (400) | 3% (127) | 5% (573) | 5% (2556) | |||
| Systemic | 8% (1098) | 4% (383) | 3% (215) | 0% (1) | 2% (261) | 4% (1958) | |||
| Dermatological | 6% (847) | 6% (665) | 4% (341) | 2% (93) | 5% (594) | 5% (2540) | |||
| Multiple Complaints | 5% (703) | 0% (10) | 2% (157) | 3% (104) | 2% (225) | 3% (1199) | |||
| OB/GYN, GU | 2% (314) | 3% (283) | 3% (253) | 2% (88) | 2% (244) | 2% (1182) | |||
| Renal | 4% (568) | 3% (334) | 1% (105) | 0% (11) | 2% (246) | 3% (1264) | |||
| Cardiovascular | 4% (576) | 3% (332) | 3% (253) | 2% (83) | 2% (261) | 3% (1505) | |||
| Ear, Nose, and Throat | 1% (150) | 1% (109) | 1% (42) | 0% (8) | 1% (60) | 1% (369) | |||
| Other | 3% (360) | 1% (110) | 1% (97) | 1% (36) | 1% (99) | 1% (702) | |||
| Psychiatric | 1% (142) | 2% (234) | 1% (42) | 0% (17) | 1% (147) | 1% (582) | |||
| Lacs and Bites | 1% (174) | 2% (230) | 0% (40) | 1% (29) | 1% (124) | 1% (597) | |||
| Heme_Endo_Tox | 0% (41) | 1% (110) | 1% (101) | 1% (30) | 0% (53) | 1% (335) | |||
| ED census, proportion of ED beds (IQR) | 77 (62,91) | 20 (14,25) | 31 (23,40) | 20 (14,27) | 56 (44,66) | 41 (23,67) | |||
| Physician workload, median num. patients (IQR) | 4 (2,9) | 4 (2,7) | 6 (3,8) | 6 (4,8) | 9 (6,15) | 6 (3,10) | |||
| Opioid prescribed at discharge, % (N) | 24% (3310) | 47% (4863) | 29% (2389) | 38% (1519) | 46% (5017) | 36% (17098) | |||