Table 1 Hospital and ED characteristics
Overview hospitals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital 1 | Hospital 2 | Hospital 3 | Hospital 4 | Hospital 5 | Hospital 6 | Hospital 7 | Total | ||
Urbanization | Urban | Urban | Inner-city | Urban | Urban | Inner-city | Urban | -- | |
Geographic region | Middle | South-west | North-West | Middle | South | West | South East | -- | |
Population served | 460,000 | 500,000 | n/a | n/a | 250.000 | n/a | 280.000 | -- | |
Hospital bedsb | 955c | 545 | 555 | 663 | 696 | 654 | 479 | 479–955 c | |
Total admissionsb | 26,784 | 26,957 | 26,022 | 31,563 | 28,988 | 38,861 | 23.553 | 202.728 | |
ED admissions of total hospital admissions (%)b | 46.2 | 35.9 | 30.1 | 28.6 | 38.0 | 32.0 | 38.0 | 35.2 | |
Mean length hospital stay (days)b | 5.4 | 5.1a | 5.0 | 4.5a | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3–5.4 | |
ED | Total patients per yearb | 36.721 | 28.234 | 48.978 | 24.365 | 32.132 | 43.362 | 26.661 | 240.453 |
Total of ED admissionsb | 12.383 | 9.678 | 7.822 | 9.030 | 11.027 | 12.449 | 8.961 | 71.350 | |
ED admissions of total ED presentations (%)b | 33.7 | 34.3 | 16.0 | 37.1 | 34.3 | 28.7 | 33.6 | 29.7 | |
EP present 24/7 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | - | |
ECAP | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | - | |
Triage System | MTS | ESI | ESI | MTS | NTS | MTS+ | MTS | - | |