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Table 1 Activity and performance indicators during the two study periods in the Emergency Medical Communication Center. Overall, 392 h of activity were collected and analyzed (192 h in period 1 (February 27th to March 11th 2020, usual system) and 192 h in period 2 (from March 12th to March 25th 2020, two-level filtering)

From: Impact of two-level filtering on emergency medical communication center triage during the COVID-19 pandemic: an uncontrolled before-after study

 

Overall, Mean (SD)

Period 1, mean (SD)

Period 2, mean (SD)

p-value

Number of call takers per hour

7.8 (2.3)

6.4 (1.3)

9.1 (2.2)

<  0.001

Number of incoming calls per hour

115.9 (40.7)

109.4 (24.7)

122.5 (51.3)

0.001

Number of answered calls per hour

102.7 (26.6)

98.9 (19.4)

106.5 (31.8)

0.004

Total abandon rate (%)

11.4 (17.3)

9.4 (9.8)

13.3 (22.3)

0.03

Quality of service 20s

0.7 (0.3)

0.6 (0.2)

0.8 (0.3)

<  0.001

Call taker occupancy rate

0.6 (0.2)

0.7 (0.1)

0.6 (0.1)

<  0.001

Average call duration (seconds)

98.8 (16.4)

93.2 (14.4)

104.4 (16.4)

<  0.001