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Table 1 Data on patients and the novel emergency mail system

From: Development of a novel information and communication technology system to compensate for a sudden shortage of emergency department physicians

Patient data

Admitted patients -n

3559

Timing of admission -n (%)

 Daytime -n, total (per hour)

1573 (174.8)

 Night -n, total (per hour)

1986 (132.4)

 Weekday -n, total (per day)

2515 (503)

 Weekend -n, total (per day)

1044 (522)

Multiple simultaneous patients -n (%)

997 (28.0)

 2 patients

868 (24.4)

  ≥ 3 patients

129 (3.6)

System data

Category of request

 Standby

12

 Attendance

12

Timing of activation -n

 Daytime on a Weekday

1

 Off-hours

23

  Weekend

12

  Night

19

 During emergency surgery

14

Rationale for activation -n

 Mass casualty

15

 Severe trauma

4

 Others

5

Attendance request

 Pre-existing physicians -n

5.1 ± 1.6

 Pre-existing patients -n

2.5 ± 1.4

 Requested physicians -n

2.2 ± 0.8

 Attended physicians -n

2.0 ± 1.2

 Cancelled physicians -n

2.0 ± 2.0

 Arrival time -min

21 ± 9.0

 Fulfillment rate -%

100 (12/12)

  1. Data from September 2013 to August 2015 are shown
  2. Daytime, 8:00–17:00; Weekend, Saturday and Sunday
  3. Fulfillment rate, (Number of cases for which the new system achieved sufficient physician attendance) / (Total number of emergency attendance requests) × 100
  4. Data are mean and standard deviation