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Table 1 Description of the two emergency departments and characteristics of patients visiting in 2013 and 2016

From: A longitudinal, retrospective registry-based validation study of RETTS©, the Swedish adult ED context version

 

2013

2016

Total

ED visits

36,323

38,522

74,845

Age years, median (IQR)

61 (36)

61 (37)

61 (37)

Gender n (%)

   

 Female

18,489 (51)

19,193 (50)

37,682 (50)

 Male

17,834 (49)

19,329 (50)

37,163 (50)

Arrival mode

   

 Ambulancea

10,737 (30)

10,943 (28)

21,680 (29)

 Walkinga

21,396 (59)

24,295 (63)

45,691 (61)

 Missing

4190 (11)

3284 (9)

7474 (10)

Triage level n (%)

   

 Red

1011 (3)

1357 (4)

2386 (3)

 Orange

4965 (14)

6307 (16)

11,272 (15)

 Yellow

21,374 (59)

23,469 (61)

44,843 (60)

 Green

8973 (25)

7371 (19)

16,344 (22)

No. of patients with one or more ACCI points at triage, per triage level n (%)

   

 Red

848 (84)

1170 (85)

2018 (85)

 Orange

3459 (70)

4491 (71)

7950 (70)

 Yellow

13,835 (65)

14,771 (63)

28,606 (64)

 Green

5304 (59)

4124 (56)

9428 (58)

Time to see physician in minutes, median (IQR)

50 (71)b

55 (73)c

53 (72)d

Length of stay (LOS) in minutes, median (IQR)

153 (119)

180 (140)

166 (131)

Discharged n (%)

   

 Home

19,729 (54)

22,928 (60)

42,657 (57)

 General ward

16,202 (45)

15,165 (39)

31,367 (42)

 Intensive care unit

326 (0.9)

303 (0.8)

629 (0.8)

 ED mortality

26 (0.1)

23 (0.1)

49 (0.1)

 LWBSe

40 (0.1)

103 (0.3)

143 (0.2)

  1. aWith and without referral
  2. bMissing 401 
  3. cMissing 1178
  4. dMissing 1579
  5. eLWBS, left without being seen by a physician