Table 3 Hazard ratios (HRs) and associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for flow between stages for presentations that ended with care completed and those that ended before care completed (LWBS = left without being seen, LAMA = left against medical advice) for fiscal year 2015/2016

Start-Physician HR (95% CI) (n = 4,783,267)

Physician-Decision HR (95% CI) (n = 4,712,493)

Province (reference = Ontario)

0.96 (0.96, 0.97)*

0.81 (0.81, 0.81)*

Group (reference = Control)

1.03 (1.02, 1.03)*

0.84 (0.84, 0.84)*

 1 - Resuscitation

4.49 (4.45, 4.54)*

0.19 (0.19, 0.20)*

 2 - Emergent

0.92 (0.92, 0.93)*

0.20 (0.20, 0.20)*

 3 - Urgent

0.74 (0.73, 0.74)*

0.29 (0.29, 0.30)*

 4 - Less-urgent (Semi-urgent)

0.88 (0.88, 0.88)*

0.70 (0.70, 0.71)*

Start-LWBS HR (95% CI) (n = 146,461)

Physician-LAMA HR (95% CI) (n = 30,740)

Province (reference = Ontario)

1.06 (1.04, 1.07)*

1.06 (1.03, 1.09)*

Group (reference = Control)

1.41 (1.40, 1.43)*

1.63 (1.59, 1.67)*

 1 - Resuscitation

0.11 (0.09, 0.15)*

0.41 (0.36, 0.47)*

 2 - Emergent

0.21 (0.20, 0.21)*

0.54 (0.50, 0.58)*

 3 - Urgent

0.36 (0.35, 0.37)*

0.65 (0.60, 0.70)*

 4 - Less-urgent (Semi-urgent)

0.59 (0.57, 0.60)*

0.84 (0.77, 0.91)*