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Table 3 Risk of late treatment according to triage targets (OR)

From: Assessing time to treatment and patient inflow in a Danish emergency department: a cohort study using data from electronic emergency screen boards

  

Crude

Adjusted*

Shift:

Day

Ref.

Ref.

 

Evening

2.3 [1.6;3.3]

2.3 [1.1;4.9]

 

Night

3.1 [2.0;5.1]

2.0 [1.2;3.9]

Time of week:

Weekdays

Ref.

Ref.

 

Weekends/holidays

1.1 [0.7;1.5]

1.9 [0.8;4.7]

Triage category**:

I (TTT ≤ 5 min)

9.0[2.8;28.8]-

7.7[2.4;25.2]-

 

II (TTT ≤ 15 min)

16.0 [5.6;46.0]

15.3 [5.3;44.4]

 

III (TTT ≤ 60 min)

7.6 [2.7;21.3]

6.9 [2.5;19.4]

 

IV (TTT ≤ 120 min)

2.6 [0.9;7.8]

2.5 [0.8;7.4]

 

V (TTT ≤ 240 min)

Ref.

Ref.

  1. *Mutually adjusted and adjusted for number of physicians on duty and total number of contacts per day.
  2. **Note that the TTT for Triage Category I is ≤5 minutes (see Discussion).