Table 5.

Pooled before and after results of all enrolled hospitals

	Pooled data of six hospitals	Before intervention mean±SD	After intervention mean±SD	Mean difference (95% CI)	P value
Measure type	Measures
Outcome	Boarding time	16.6±14.9	9.5±12.9	−7.1 (−2.5 to 11.7)	0.003
Process	Daily consultant rounds	69%± 30%	98%±3%	29% (-0.5% to 60%)	0.053
	Discharge before 12:00 pm	16%±6%	36%±14%	20% (6% to 35%)	0.01
	Time till discharge	265±104	117±43	−147.8 (−250 to 44)	0.0095
	Early discharge planning	66%±22%	95%±5.9%	29% (8% to 50%)	0.011
	MDT review for 7 day outliers	29%±3%	86%±14%	51% (25% to 89%)	0.002
	7 days outliers	16.3%±7.1%	17.2%±7.5%	0.89% (−1.9% to 3.7%)	0.531
	30 days outliers	18.8%±9.9%	15.9%±10.3%	−2.9% (−6.8% to 1.0%)	0.149
	Bed turn over	3.9±1.1	4.3±1.6	0.32 (−0.09 to 0.73)	0.125
	Average length of stay	6.5±2.00	6.8±2.00	0.32 (−0.32 to 0.96)	0.325
Balancing	Readmission % within 30 days	5.2%±4.8%	5.6%±4.9%	0.5% (−1.1% to 2.0%)	0.543
	Bed occupancy	76.9%±8.9%	76.0%±7.0%	−0.9 (−3.6 to 1.7)	0.49
	Percentage of ED LWBS	1.8%±1.5%	1.5%±0.8%	−0.3% (−0.8% to 0.2%)	0.208
	No of ED deaths	2.4±2.1	2.3±2.1	−0.10 (−0.78 to 0.57)	0.763
Other	Admission	1699±584	1977±567	277 (92to 462)	0.004
	Discharge	1767±478	2111±444	343 (196 to 491)	<0.001
	No of ED visits	10 589±4870	12 100±3396	1511(222 to 2800)	0.022

ED, emergency department; LWBS, left without being seen.