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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Nov 24;64:174–183. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.11.028

Table 3.

Average Daily ED Demand Rates and Throughput Times in Hours by ED Site from 2018-2020

Site ID Site A* Site B Site C Site D Site E Site F Site G Site H Overall
All ED Visits (N) 245,868 214,594 196,381 144,149 135,584 84,474 82,411 47,935 1,151,396
Ped Psych Visits (N) 5,907 3,437 513 1,248 1,192 475 897 423 14,092
Average Daily ED Demand Rates - Mean
Avg. Daily EDVisits 236.28 204.41 185.06 181.91 171.42 80.68 77.84 46.58 176.50
Ped Psych % 2.41% 1.62% 0.28% 0.87% 1.05% 0.62% 1.12% 0.92% 1.26%
Non-Psych Ped % 14.85% 14.48% 4.21% 16.20% 11.89% 9.04% 13.46% 18.29% 12.40%
Adult Psych % 23.17% 19.89% 17.72% 12.65% 16.26% 17.83% 16.07% 11.16% 18.10%
Throughput Times in Hours for Pediatric Psychiatric ED Visits – Median [Mean] (Min, Max)
ED Length of Stay 6.33 [28.34] (0.31, 1474.78) 3.07 [16.22] (0.23, 888.43) 3.48 [16.57] (0.36, 461.96) 3.57 [27.20] (0.25, 999.72) 3.66 [17.41] (0.17, 518.06) 3.57 [13.95] (0.37, 260.36) 2.38 [9.09] (0.41, 239.78) 2.39 [7.84] (0.44, 280.14) 4.16 [21.61] (0.17, 1474.78)
ED Wait Time 0.85 [1.35] (0.00, 18.35) 0.75 [1.06] (0.02, 18.35) 0.55 [0.93] (0.00, 10.32) 0.68 [1.05] (0.02, 17.02) 1.85 [2.23] (0.02, 15.37) 1.23 [1.58] (0.05, 10.22) 0.78 [1.10] (0.03, 6.52) 0.72 [1.01] (0.00, 7.48) 0.85 [1.29] (0.00, 18.35)
ED Boarding Time (Patients Admitted or Transferred) 16.46 [35.31] (0.02, 876.91) 21.22 [37.95] (0.40, 887.60) 22.71 [32.85] (0.00, 235.82) 28.41 [51.17] (1.27, 931.91) 18.91 [30.19] (0.04, 448.77) 17.96 [35.71] (0.00, 931.91) 7.92 [21.37] (0.08, 258.93) 18.70 [28.27] (0.23, 197.11) 7.74 [21.14] (0.16, 278.72)

Notes: The Avg. Daily Visit count represents the average number of ED visits per day per ED based on all ED visit types. Wait times were truncated at the 99th percentile of 18.35 hours. All throughput times are reported in hours.

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Site A was an academic teaching hospital. Avg. = Average, Ped = Pediatric, Psych = Psychiatric.