Table 2.

Mean times in admissions process and times spent in the emergency department

	FTT (hr:min)	Controls (hr:min)	p-value
Times from
Triage to ERP	2:00	0:49	0.02*
ERP referral to admitting service	4:29	3:43	0.21
Referral to assessment by admitting service	4:13	2:41	0.04*
Total times
Triage to admission	10:40	6:58	0.001*
Triage to ward	16:30	13:55	0.07

*Indicates statistical significance