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Table 2 Outcome measures

From: Can dedicated emergency team and area for older people reduce the hospital admission rate? - An observational pre- and post-intervention study

 

2016 intervention period

2015 period

p

Geriatric module

Regular ED

Total

Total

Arrivals, N

634

1743

2377

2207

 

ED LOS, min

 Median (95% CI)

390 (378–407)

313 (304–320)

330 (322–337)

275 (267–283)

< 0.01

ED disposition

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

 Admitted to acute care wards

198 (31.2)

876 (50.3)

1074 (45.2)

1121 (50.8)

< 0.01

 Transferred to receiving hospitals

126 (19.9)

266 (15.3)

392 (16.5)

310 (14.0)

0.02

 Discharged to home

306 (48.3)

566 (32.5)

872 (36.7)

745 (33.8)

0.04

 Other

4 (0.6)

35 (2.0)

39 (1.6)

31 (1.4)

0.51

  1. Emergency department (ED) length of stay and dispositions for patients 80 years or older in the intervention period from 2016.09.26 to 2016.11.28 and the corresponding days from 2015.09.28 to 2015.11.30. In the intervention period, these patients either received care in the geriatric module, or in the regular ED. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, ED Emergency department, N Number; LOS Length of stay, SÖS Södersjukhuset