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Table 4 ED stay characteristics based on maximum Severity Classification Score (SCS) for non-injury visits

From: Anticipated resource utilization for injury versus non-injury pediatric visits to emergency departments

Total non-injury visits

ED stay characteristic

SCS

SCSb

SCS

SCS

SCS

SCS

Statisticc

uncodablea

1

2

3

4

5

N = 118,716

N = 68,919

N = 73,0829

N = 1,097,318

N = 276,787

N = 24,688

N = 2,328,916

% of all patients

5.1

3.0

31.4

47.3

12.2

1.1

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LOS (mean)d

222.4

112.4

142.4

218.3

367.2

452.9

<0.001

LOS (median)e

128

77

104

158

240

242

<0.001

% admit/ transfer/ died %f

4.5

1.0

1.9

12.3

50.9

81.5

<0.001

  1. aICD-9CM code could not be mapped to SCS
  2. bSeverity Classification System (SCS) for all diagnoses for visit
  3. cTesting differences in LOS (Kruskal-Wallis test), increasing trend in median LOS (likelihood ratio test), and Admit % across various SCS (1-5 only) (Cochran-Armitage trend test)
  4. dCorresponding mean Length of stay (LOS) for each SCS in minutes (excluding visits resulting in death in ED n = 393)
  5. eCorresponding median Length of stay (LOS) for each SCS in minutes (excluding visits resulting in death in ED n = 393 (1039 deaths in non-injury group))
  6. fProportion of patients admitted/transferred/died