Acute admissions | Medicine for the Elderly | Both wards combined | |||||||
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Pre-ePA | Post-ePA | p-value | Pre-ePA | Post-ePA | p-value | Pre-ePA | Post-ePA | p-value | |
Number of observations | 18 | 26 | – | 6 | 13 | – | 24 | 39 | – |
Total observation time (h:min) | 33:21 | 47:42 | – | 10:09 | 25:38 | – | 43:30 | 73:20 | – |
Mean duration of observation (h:min) | 1:51 (SD 14 mins) | 1:50 (SD 14 mins) | 0.80 | 1:42 (SD 28 mins) | 1:58 (SD 16 mins) | 0.11 | 1:49 (SD 18 mins) | 1:53 (SD 15 mins) | 0.34 |
Median number of patients reviewed per observation | 6 (range 2–10) | 5 (range 1–16) | 0.18 | 18 (range 3–22) | 9 (range 3–22) | 0.48 | 6 (range 2–22) | 5 (range 1–22) | 0.36 |
Number of activity samples | 990 | 1424 | – | 297 | 752 | – | 1287 | 2176 | – |
Median time per patient reviewed (mins, 95% CI) | 19 (15–24) | 21 (20–30) | 0.14 | 7 (4–22) | 14 (5–24) | 0.20 | 17 (15–22) | 22 (17–24) | 0.16 |