Table 3 Relevant clinical outcomes per country

Lengths of ED stay (hours) for all ED patients. Median (IQR)

2.4 (1.5–3.5)

2.9 (1.7–5.2) [0.4]

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Length of ED stay (hours) for ED patients discharged home

Median (IQR)

2.1 (1.4–3.1)

2.8 (1.7–5.0)

3.3 (2.0–5.0)

Hospital admission N(%)

directly after ED stay

 Number

84,615

125,210

188,324

 % (95-confidence interval)

39.8 (39.6–40.0)

30.6 (30.3–30.7)

33.8 (33.7–33.9)*

 Geriatric population (> 75 years)

% (95-confidence interval)

61.7 (61.5–61.9)

-

70.1 (70.0–70.2)*

 Infant population (0–5 years)

% (95-confidence interval)

29.3 (29.1–29.5)

-

11.4 (11.3–11.5)*

Disposition, N(%)

[5.6]

 Home^a

115.899 (54.5)

283,463 (69.4)^#

361,814 (65.0)*

 Normal ward or CDU

75,561 (35.6)

118,799 (29.1)^#

95,874 (17.2)*

 Transfer to other hospital

3448 (1.6)

3879 (0.9)^#

478 (0.1)*

 MCU or CCU

3535 (1.7)

-

-

 ICU or HDU

2071 (1.0)

2532 (0.6)^#

3734 (0.7)*

 Short stay unit

-

-

73,671 (13.2)

Lengths of hospital stay (days) of hospitalized ED patients

Median (IQR)

3.0 (1.0–6.0)

3.0 (1.0–6.0)

1.8 (0.5–4.8)

In-hospital mortality N (%)

 Total cohort

3497 [1.1]

6879

22,390

 % (95-confidence interval)

1.6 (1.54–1.65)

1.6 (1.56–1.64)

4.0 (3.94–4.05)*

 Geriatric population (> 75 years)

% (95-confidence interval)

4.5 (4.41–4.59)

-

18.3 (18.20–18.40)*

 Infant population (0–5 years)

% (95-confidence interval)

0.04 (0.031–0.049)

-

0.03 (0.025–0.035)

30-day mortality N (%)

-

13,721 (3.4) [0.5]

-

7-day ED revisit, N(%)

10,263 (4.8) [0.1]

31,620 (7.7)^#

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