Table 1.
Category | Variable | ED |
UCC 1 |
UCC 2 |
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Acuity | High | 37 341 | 58.53 | 18 621 | 36.28 | 5794 | 22.69 |
Low | 26 457 | 41.47 | 32 702 | 63.72 | 19 741 | 77.31 | |
Age | 16-24 y | 740 | 1.16 | 7 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.02 |
25-44 y | 9492 | 14.85 | 9028 | 17.56 | 4149 | 16.25 | |
45-64 y | 20 571 | 32.19 | 15 119 | 29.41 | 6897 | 27.01 | |
65-74 y | 16 391 | 25.65 | 14 492 | 28.19 | 7088 | 27.76 | |
75+ y | 16 712 | 26.15 | 12 768 | 24.83 | 7396 | 28.96 | |
Complaint concept (top 5) | Pain | 18 010 | 28.00 | 9433 | 17.89 | 7192 | 27.15 |
Chest | 3606 | 5.61 | 1627 | 3.08 | 749 | 2.83 | |
Shortness of breath | 3400 | 5.29 | 1009 | 1.91 | 431 | 1.63 | |
Abdomen | 3243 | 5.04 | 677 | 1.28 | 447 | 1.69 | |
Chest pain | 2841 | 4.42 | 761 | 1.44 | 507 | 1.91 | |
Sex | Male | 59 259 | 92.73 | 47 363 | 92.12 | 23 193 | 90.83 |
Female | 4647 | 7.27 | 4051 | 7.88 | 2342 | 9.17 | |
Order history (top 5) | Creatinine eGFR panel | 18 902 | 29.58 | 9569 | 18.61 | 2093 | 8.20 |
Glucose | 18 898 | 29.57 | 9549 | 18.57 | 2086 | 8.17 | |
Urea nitrogen | 18 898 | 29.57 | 9567 | 18.61 | 2088 | 8.18 | |
Electrolyte panel | 18 881 | 29.54 | 9611 | 18.69 | 2090 | 8.18 | |
CBC with diff (BHS) | 18 796 | 29.41 | 9524 | 18.52 | 1607 | 6.29 | |
Problem list (top 5) | Health status factors | 42 639 | 72.19 | 36 830 | 76.29 | 17 892 | 75.32 |
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue | 40 431 | 68.45 | 31 428 | 65.10 | 16 283 | 68.55 | |
Endocrine, nutrition, metabolic | 39 877 | 67.52 | 31179 | 64.58 | 14 947 | 62.92 | |
Circulatory system | 39 526 | 66.92 | 29 106 | 60.29 | 13 708 | 57.71 | |
Mental diseases and disorders | 34 813 | 58.94 | 33 684 | 69.77 | 16 119 | 67.86 | |
Shift | Day | 37 850 | 59.23 | 35 427 | 68.91 | 24 931 | 97.63 |
Evening | 19 786 | 30.96 | 11 070 | 21.53 | 184 | 0.72 | |
Night | 6270 | 9.81 | 4917 | 9.56 | 420 | 1.64 | |
Source of arrival (top 5) | Nonreferred | 17 421 | 82.30 | 23 097 | 80.64 | 6179 | 87.97 |
Offsite clinic | 1442 | 6.81 | 0 | 0.00 | 56 | 0.80 | |
Other | 1112 | 5.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Onsite clinic | 463 | 2.19 | 769 | 2.68 | 506 | 7.20 | |
Offsite nursing home | 268 | 1.27 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Vital signs | Pulse oximetry normal | 57 687 | 98.64 | 46 392 | 99.19 | 22 765 | 99.31 |
Systolic normal | 48 294 | 81.80 | 40 820 | 85.01 | 19 388 | 83.96 | |
Pulse normal | 47 193 | 79.85 | 38 906 | 81.01 | 18 834 | 81.36 | |
Diastolic normal | 46 638 | 79.03 | 37 730 | 78.60 | 18 772 | 81.36 | |
Respiration normal | 45 737 | 77.50 | 44 008 | 91.79 | 20 140 | 87.34 | |
No pain | 24 714 | 42.42 | 23 232 | 48.85 | 7462 | 32.67 | |
Temperature normal | 17 632 | 30.08 | 11 905 | 25.06 | 7561 | 33.05 |
BHS: Boston Healthcare System; CBC: complete blood count; ED: emergency department; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; UCC: urgent care center.