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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Mar 29;72(2):147–155. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.02.018

Table 2.

Spatial accuracy.

Pittsburgh Atlas
(n=326)
Dartmouth Atlas
(n=306)
Median Difference
(95% CI)
Localization index, %
 Overall percentage
 Median 83.6 85.5 −1.9 (−3.5 to −0.3)*
 25%–75% IQR 75.3 to 89.0 80.7 to 88.9
 Range 27.3 to 96.2 53.2 to 96.0
 Acute myocardial infarction
 Median 84.7 85.9 −1.2 (−2.7 to 0.2)
 25%–75% IQR 77.6 to 89.6 81.4 to 89.9
 Range 7.8 to 97.3 51.9 to 96.1
 Stroke
 Median 84.9 86.9 −2.1 (−3.7 to −0.4)*
 25%–75% IQR 76.3 to 89.9 81.0 to 90.0
 Range 39.6 to 97.2 48.3 to 96.2
 Trauma
 Median 79.6 82.2 −2.6 (−5.4 to 0.15)
 25%–75% IQR 62.5 to 87.1 72.6 to 87.4
 Range 11.3 to 95.8 18.6 to 95.7
Market share index
 Overall
 Median 14.3 13.4 0.83 (–0.7 to 2.3)
 25%–75% IQR 10.2 to 20.4 9.9 to 20.1
 Range 2.8 to 57.0 4.6 to 53.4
 Acute myocardial infarction
 Median 14.1 13.3 0.7 (–0.7 to 2.2)
 25%–75% IQR 9.6 to 21.1 9.2 to 20.7
 Range 2.8 to 64.5 3.5 to 62.5
 Stroke
 Median 12.6 12.0 0.6 (−0.8 to 2.0)
 25%–75% IQR 9.0 to 18.3 8.7 to 17.9
 Range 1.8 to 56.1 3.3 to 51.8
 Trauma
 Median 16.7 17.5 −0.8 (−2.6 to 1.00)
 25%–75% IQR 12.0 to 25.9 12.7 to 24.7
 Range 0.0 to 64.4 2.1 to 69.8
Net patient flow
 Overall
 Median 0.88 0.97 −0.08 (−0.21 to 0.05)
 25%–75% IQR 0.52 to 1.48 0.61 to 1.45
 Range 0.02 to 10.35 0.20 to 7.83
 Acute myocardial infarction
 Median 0.97 0.97 0 (−0.14 to 0.14)
 25%–75% IQR 0.52 to 1.65 0.62 to 1.62
 Range 0.02 to 13.36 0.10 to 15.72
 Stroke
 Median 0.86 0.92 −0.06 (−0.18 to 0.05)
 25%–75% IQR 0.51 to 1.45 0.63 to 1.37
 Range 0.02 to 11.29 0.14 to 10.77
 Trauma
 Median 0.81 0.95 −0.13 (−0.28 to 0.02)
 25%–75% IQR 0.33 to 1.56 0.52 to 1.57
 Range 0 to 10.86 0.02 to 9.17

CI, Confidence interval.

*

P<.05.