Timeliness outcomes among study patients in fiscal years 2008 and 2010 according to improvement in ED length of stay
| Improved sites | Non-improved sites | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2010 | 2008 | 2010 | |||||
| Timeliness outcome | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) |
| AMI time to thrombolysis, min* | 64 | 35 (21–65)* | 7 | 110 (26–300)* | 48 | 29 (16–51)* | 24 | 38 (16–73)* |
| AMI time to PCI, min* | 58 | 77 (55–208)* | 55 | 80 (53–157)* | 70 | 146 (65–534)* | 54 | 73 (47–141)* |
| AMI reperfusion within target | 119 | 74 (62.2) | 61 | 29 (47.5) | 107 | 61 (57.0) | 76 | 44 (57.9) |
| Asthma time to corticosteroid* | 401 | 95 (46–178)* | 372 | 87 (46–172)* | 364 | 79 (40–144)* | 401 | 103 (49–172)* |
| Asthma corticosteroid within 60 min | 401 | 133 (35.4) | 372 | 127 (35.5) | 364 | 133 (38.1) | 401 | 123 (32.7) |
| Asthma time to beta-agonist* | 567 | 58 (23–130)* | 536 | 53 (22–119)* | 554 | 50 (21–106)* | 574 | 49 (19–113)* |
| Asthma beta-agonist within 60 min | 567 | 268 (52.1) | 536 | 272 (54.5) | 554 | 290 (55.3) | 574 | 298 (56.5) |
| Adult fracture time to analgesic/splinting* | 463 | 108 (56–198)* | 464 | 92 (50–149)* | 468 | 112 (61–182)* | 477 | 121 (63–219)* |
| Adult fracture analgesic/splinting within 60 min | 463 | 82 (17.7) | 464 | 107 (23.1) | 468 | 79 (16.9) | 477 | 75 (15.7) |
| Paediatric fracture time to analgesic/splinting* | 303 | 88 (26–161)* | 307 | 64 (23–126)* | 335 | 96 (43–145)* | 342 | 93 (40–152)* |
| Paediatric fracture analgesic/splinting within 60 min | 303 | 50 (16.5) | 307 | 61 (19.9) | 335 | 62 (18.5) | 342 | 63 (18.4) |
*Median (IQR).
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ED, emergency department; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.