Safety and effectiveness 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 | |||||
| Safety/effectiveness outcome | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) |
| AMI reperfusion—eligible patients | 166 | 119 (71.7) | 103 | 62 (60.2) | 203 | 107 (52.7) | 159 | 76 (47.8) |
| AMI reperfusion—eligible STEMIs | 129 | 112 (86.8) | 67 | 57 (85.1) | 108 | 98 (90.7) | 72 | 68 (94.4) |
| AMI ASA | 652 | 547 (83.9) | 642 | 522 (81.3) | 676 | 522 (77.2) | 676 | 548 (81.1) |
| Asthma lung function test | 682 | 172 (25.2) | 669 | 165 (24.7) | 689 | 145 (21.0) | 689 | 147 (21.3) |
| Asthma no chest X-ray | 682 | 413 (60.6) | 669 | 379 (56.7) | 689 | 368 (53.4) | 689 | 355 (51.5) |
| Asthma corticosteroid prescription documented | 682 | 472 (69.2) | 669 | 432 (64.6) | 689 | 388 (56.3) | 689 | 395 (57.3) |
| Asthma discharge instructions documented | 682 | 531 (77.9) | 669 | 533 (79.7) | 689 | 469 (68.1) | 689 | 502 (72.9) |
| Adult fracture pain assessment | 504 | 257 (51.0) | 506 | 253 (50.0) | 507 | 264 (52.1) | 507 | 268 (52.9) |
| Adult fracture analgesic or splinting | 504 | 463 (91.9) | 506 | 464 (91.7) | 507 | 468 (92.3) | 507 | 477 (94.1) |
| Adult fracture discharge instructions documented | 504 | 447 (88.7) | 506 | 453 (89.5) | 507 | 437 (86.2) | 507 | 431 (85.0) |
| Paediatric fracture pain assessment | 336 | 137 (40.8) | 328 | 157 (47.9) | 377 | 157 (41.6) | 377 | 172 (45.6) |
| Paediatric fracture analgesic or splinting | 336 | 303 (90.2) | 328 | 307 (93.6) | 377 | 335 (88.9) | 377 | 342 (90.7) |
| Paediatric fracture discharge instructions documented | 336 | 304 (90.5) | 328 | 311 (94.8) | 377 | 333 (88.3) | 377 | 341 (90.5) |
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid; ED, emergency department; STEMI, ST-elevated myocardial infarction.