Table 2.
Suicidal ideation and alcohol encounters as a percentage of total ED encounters and as a percentage of behavioral health ED encounters.
| Category | EMSa | ED Encounters |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Behavioral health encounters: percentage of overall ED encounters | |||
| Comprehensive BH | EMS | 16.25% | 18.23% |
| Not EMS | 3.64% | 4.42% | |
| Comprehensive BH Total | 6.09% | 7.89% | |
| Suicidal Chief Complaints and Orders |
EMS | 5.17% | 3.11% |
| Not EMS | 1.27% | 0.88% | |
| Suicidal Total | 2.03% | 1.44% | |
| Alcohol Chief Complaints and Dx |
EMS | 5.47% | 6.49% |
| Not EMS | 0.82% | 1.35% | |
| Alcohol Total | 1.72% | 2.64% | |
| Suicidal and alcohol encounters: percentage of comprehensive behavioral health ED encounters | |||
| Suicidal Chief Complaints and Orders |
EMS | 31.84% | 17.04% |
| Not EMS | 34.82% | 19.83% | |
| Suicidal Total | 33.28% | 18.21% | |
| Alcohol Chief Complaints and Dx |
EMS | 33.63% | 35.61% |
| Not EMS | 22.45% | 30.51% | |
| Alcohol Total | 28.24% | 33.47% | |
Study Time Period: 3/25–4/24.
a
EMS: Emergency Medical Service – As a method of ED arrival (municipal or private).