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Table 1 General characteristics of hospital and ED performance

From: Portrait of rural emergency departments in Québec and utilization of the provincial emergency department management Guide: cross sectional survey

Characteristics

Means ± SDa or %

No of hospital beds

43 ± 25

No of stretchers

6 ± 3

Annual ED patient visits

18 813 ± 6 151

Triage level

 

 Level 1

1 %

 Level 2

2 %

 Level 3

20 %

 Level 4

36 %

 Level 5

42 %

ED Performance (wait in hours)

 ED length of stay

12 ± 4

 Wait time

3 ± 2

 Average length of stay in the ED for hospitalized patients

15 ± 7

 Average length of stay in the ED for non-hospitalized patients

11 ± 3

 Percentage of ED stays over 48 h

2.2 %

Distance to trauma center level 1 or 2

 EDs > 300 km from a Level 1 trauma center

43 % (10/23)

 EDs > 300 km from a Level 2 trauma center

48 % (11/23)

 Air medevac capability

30 % (7/23)

  1. aStandard deviation