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Table 5 Proportion of patient discharged within 24 h, for patients discharged by the MAU team versus other medical teams

From: Effectiveness of clinical criteria in directing patient flow from the emergency department to a medical assessment unit in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective chart review of hospital administrative data

 

Discharged by MAU team

Discharged by other teams

MAU Transfer

n*

Discharged in ≤ 24 hours (%)

n

Discharged in ≤ 24 hours (%)

No (n = 190)

30

22 (73.3)

160

26 (16.3)

Yes (n = 350)

51

23 (45.1)

299

22 (7.4)

Total (N = 540)

81

45 (55.6)

459

48 (10.5)

  1. *n is the total number of patients in each category