Table 1.

Hospital characteristics.

	Linköping University Hospital	Norrköping Community Hospital	Motala Community Hospital
Type	Academic Tertiary Care Center	Urban Community Hospital	Rural Community Hospital
Hospital beds	600	310	100
ED beds	38	29	15
Annual ED visits	45,000	45,000	25,000
Admission rates	22%	24%	19%
Staffing	EM consultants and residents. interns	EM residents, IM/surgical/orthopedic residents, interns	EM residents, surgical consultants, IM residents, interns

EM, emergency medicine; IM, internal medicine.