Table 2 Characteristics of study participants
From: Not all waits are equal: an exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways
Characteristics of participants | Hospital A | Hospital B | Hospital C | Hospital D | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 30 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 108 |
Presentation | |||||
Cardio-respiratory | 19 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 64 |
Older age | 11 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 44 |
Gender | |||||
Female | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 55 |
Male | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 53 |
Age (range, median) | 26–94, 65 | 18–93, 78 | 23–94, 70 | 47–99, 82 | 18–99, 76 |
Ethnicity | |||||
White | 29 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 107 |
BME | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Characteristics of care process during patient journey | |||||
A health professional referred the patient through the acute care route: | |||||
No – ED only route | 19 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 72 |
Yes – Medically expected route (which may include ED for some sites) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
No. care/waiting episodes recorded per patient (range, median) | 10–51, 26.5 | 12–72, 31.5 | 21–75, 41 | 26–88, 50 | 10–88, 34 |
No. different staff encountered per patient (range, median) | 2–10, 4 | 2–21, 5 | 3–12, 7.5 | 6–13, 8.5 | 2–21, 6 |