Table 2.

Number of pediatric patients boarding for psychiatric reasons and time patients spent in the stages of the patient journey

	Number of psychiatric patients boarding	Average time spent boarding in ED (Hours)	Average time boarding on medical floor (Hours)	Average total time boarding (Days)
2019	260	11.76	86.16	4.08
2020	572	8.40	62.40	2.94
2021	837	18.96	72.72	3.81

Note: Dates represent fiscal years. 2019 = 10/1/18 − 9/30/19; 2020 = 10/1/19 − 9/30/20; 2021 = 10/1/20 − 9/30/21