Table 2.
Mean boarding times by Emergency Severity Index level.
| Variable | Boarding time in hours, mean ± SD (n, %) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ESI I (n = 671) | ESI II (n = 9,150) | ESI III (n = 7,693) | ESI IV (n = 50) | ESV V (n = 4) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 3.2 ± 0.3 (216, 43.1) | 5.8 ± 0.2 (3910, 46.5) | →4.2 ± 0.1 (4144, 54.0) | 4.0 ± 5.2 (16, 32) | 0.5 ± 0.3 (2, 50) |
| Male | 3.5 ± 0.2 (285, 56.9) | 6.1 ± 0.1 (4507, 53.5) | →4.9 ± 0.1 (3529, 46.0) | 3.4 ± 3.8 (34, 68) | 0.9 ± 0.3 (2, 50) |
| Race | |||||
| Black | →4.1 ± 0.3 (217, 44.9) | 6.0 ± 10.4 (3279, 40.0) | 4.4 ± 0.1 (3574, 47.8) | 3.0 ± 3.2 (24, 49.0) | 0.7 ± 0.3 (3, 75.0) |
| White | →2.7 ± 0.3 (224, 46.4) | 5.9 ± 9.1 (4315, 52.7) | 4.5 ± 0.1 (3319, 44.4) | 4.8 ± 5.1 (18, 36.7) | 0.7 ± 0.5 (1, 25.0) |
| Other | 4.1 ± 0.6 (42, 8.7) | 5.2 ± 7.2 (602, 7.3) | 4.3 ± 0.3 (579, 7.7) | 3.2 ± 5.0 (7, 14.3) | ----- |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15–24 | 2.1 ± 0.8 (25, 5.0) | 8.0 ± 0.5 (354, 4.2) | 5.1 ± 0.4 (304, 4.0) | 1.9 ± 2.0 (5, 10.0) | ----- |
| 25–44 | 2.6 ± 0.4 (105, 21.0) | 8.1 ± 0.2 (1988, 23.6) | 5.1 ± 0.2 (1867, 2.4) | 4.2 ± 5.3 (16, 32.0) | 0.5 ± 0.1 (2, 50.0) |
| 45–64 | 3.6 ± 0.3 (189,37.8) | 5.6 ± 0.2 (3165, 37.6) | 4.5 ± 0.1 (2898, 37.8) | 3.5 ± 4.2 (22, 44.0) | 1.2 ± 0.2 (1, 25.0) |
| 65–74 | 4.0 ± 0.4 (105, 21.0) | 4.9 ± 0.2 (1496, 17.8) | 4.5 ± 0.2 (1331, 17.3) | 5.0 ± 2.5 (5, 10.0) | 0.5 ± 0.2 (1, 25.0) |
| 75+ | 3.4 ± 0.4 (76, 15.2) | →4.1 ± 0.3 (1413, 16.8) | →3.4 ± 0.2 (1273, 16.6) | 0.9 ± 0.6 (2, 4.0) | ----- |
*
Horizontal dashed lines denotes that no data for this particular category.
ESI, Emergency Severity Index.