Table 4 Disposition, discharge outcome and resource utilization of each Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) for elderly patients
CTAS | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Level 1 (n = 113) | Level 2 (n = 174) | Level 3 (n = 1154) | Level 4 (n = 347) | Level 5 (n = 115) | ||
Disposition | ||||||
Discharge | 3 (2.7) | 32 (18.4) | 584 (50.6) | 281 (81.0) | 110 (95.7) | < 0.001 |
Admission-non ICU | 20 (17.7) | 70 (40.2) | 531 (46.0) | 66 (19.0) | 5 (4.3) | |
Admission-ICU | 85 (75.2) | 70 (40.2) | 39 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | |
Death | 5 (4.4) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | |
Discharge outcome | ||||||
Alive | 89 (78.8) | 142 (81.6) | 1121 (97.1) | 347 (100.0) | 115 (100.0) | < 0.001 |
Death | 24 (21.2) | 32 (18.4) | 33 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
LOS (day)* | 9.0 (4, 20) | 5.0 (1, 12) | 1.3 (0, 8) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 0) | < 0.001 |
Consult | 84 (74.3) | 102 (58.6) | 480 (41.6) | 58 (16.7) | 4 (3.5) | < 0.001 |
CT | 72 (63.7) | 98 (56.3) | 485 (42.0) | 97 (28.0) | 11 (9.6) | < 0.001 |