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Table 1 Characteristics of patients over the age of 75 years seen in the ED from 1st July 2010 to 30th June 2011 compared to 1st July 2011 to 30th June 2012 and those seen by the OPTA within the ED between 1st July 2011 and 1st July 2012

From: An assistant workforce to improve screening rates and quality of care for older patients in the emergency department: findings of a pre- post, mixed methods study

Characteristic

2010/11

2011/12

Subset Seen by OPTA (2011/12)

Total number of patient presentations over the age of 75 years

8455

8287

4563 (53%)

Number of individual patients

5835

5667

3542

Age in years: Mean (SD)

83 (5)

84 (5)

84 (5)

Age in years: Median (min, max)

83 (75,101)

83 (76,101)

83 (76, 101)

ED Length of stay in minutes: Mean (SD)

455 (265)

450 (257)

524 (278)

ED Length of stay in minutes: Median (min, max)

415 (3,2691)

412 (5,1899)

465 (41, 1931)

Australasian Triage Category: 1-Resuscitation

97 (1.1%)

95 (1.1%)

23 (< 0.1%)

2-Emergency

1156 (14%)

1068 (13%)

579 (13%)

3-Urgent

2719 (32%)

2761 (33%)

1753 (38%)

4-Semi-Urgent

3999 (47%)

3940 (48%)

2113 (46%)

5-Non-urgent

484 (6%)

423 (5%)

95 (2.1%)

Discharged from ED

5776 (68%)

5660 (68%)

1161 (25%)

Admitted to hospital

2679 (32%)

2627 (32%)

3402 (75%)