Table 2.
Resource consumption of alcohol-intoxicated consultations (n = 2586).
| Resource Group | Total (n = 2586) |
High (n = 646) |
Low/Normal (n = 1940) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total work (TP) | 1200 (790–1901) | 2615 (2219–3490) | 986 (679–1314) | <0.001 |
| Physicians’ work | ||||
| Total physicians’ work (TP) | 465 (329–633) | 712 (539–929) | 415 (309–535) | <0.001 |
| Patient time (TP) | 160 (115–231) | 231 (169–329) | 151 (107–195) | <0.001 |
| Admin time (TP) | 160 (89–231) | 249 (160–355) | 124 (89–195) | <0.001 |
| Report time (TP) | 39 (39–71) | 71 (39–103) | 39 (39–71) | <0.001 |
| Nurses’ work | ||||
| Total nurses’ work (TP) | 290 (164–374) | 360 (275–433) | 270 (124–348) | <0.001 |
| Nurse patient time (TP) | 255 (105–300) | 285 (209–345) | 235 (88–285) | <0.001 |
| Nurse other effort (TP) | 35 (0–93) | 62 (35–98) | 35 (0–93) | <0.001 |
| Material expenses (TP) | 9 (5–25) | 35 (17–74) | 8 (4–11) | <0.001 |
| Laboratory resources | ||||
| Total laboratory effort (TP) | 195 (88–330) | 315 (176–441) | 155 (76–293) | <0.001 |
| Blood taken (yes), n (%) | 2214 (85.6) | 628 (97.2) | 1586 (81.8) | <0.001 |
| Radiology resources | ||||
| Total effort radiology (TP) | 0 (0–746) | 1147 (851–1820) | 0 (0–164) | <0.001 |
| Ultrasound, n (%) | 269 (10.4) | 210 (32.5) | 59 (3.0) | <0.001 |
| X-ray, n (%) | 1126 (43.5) | 628 (97.2) | 498 (25.7) | <0.001 |
| CT, n (%) | 875 (33.8) | 566 (87.6) | 309 (15.9) | <0.001 |
| MRI, n (%) | 50 (1.9) | 47 (7.3) | 3 (0.2) | <0.001 |
Abbreviation: CT: Computer tomography; MRI: Magnet resonance imaging; TP: Tax points, medical currency (1 TP worth approximately 0.86 Swiss Francs). The distributions are shown as median (IQR) if not indicated otherwise.