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Table 3 Length-of-Stay at Emergency Department and hospital wards

From: A retrospective cohort study of the effect of SARS-CoV-2 point of care rapid RT-PCR at the Emergency Department on targeted admission

 Emergency Department Length-of-Stay [mean min (± SD)]

Period 1 (N = 781)

Period 2 (N = 988)

Period 3 (N = 1171)

P value

Total (N = 2940)

 All study participants

383 (± 263)

377 (± 271)

363 (± 263)

0.22

374 (± 269)

 Positive test at the ED

393 (± 237)

365 (± 209)

350 (± 225)

0.0002

362 (± 222)

 Negative test at the ED

430 (± 276)

442 (± 307)

423 (± 278)

 0.31

431 (± 288)

 Positive test before admission

296 (± 219)

313 (± 201)

297 (± 228)

 0.15

302 (± 218)

 Not tested

345 (± 251)

243 (± 183)

253 (± 247)

< 0.0001

295 (± 237)

Hospital Length of Stay [mean days (± SD)]

Period 1 (N = 386)

Period 2 (N = 510)

Period 3 (N = 591)

P value

Total (N = 1487)

 Positive test at the ED

8.5 (± 7.4)

9.3 (± 9.1)

8.0 (± 11)

 0.08

8.6 (± 11.0)

 Negative test at the ED

6.6 (± 8.2)

5.8 (± 6.9)

5.1 (± 8)

0.01

5.6 (± 8)

 Positive test before admission

1.4 (± 3.0)

2.7 (± 5.8)

5.9 (± 34.8)

0.004

3.0 (± 17.3)

 Not tested

8.2 (± 29.1)

6.1 (± 12.5)

5.8 (± 9.2)

0.09

6.7 (± 12.7)

 All participants

5.0 (± 11.9)

6.0 (± 8.8)

6.7 (± 14.7)

0.1

6.1 (± 12.2)

  1. Length-of-stay (LoS) in each study period at the Emergency department (ED) and Hospital. Numbers indicate mean minutes and standard deviation (SD) for the ED LoS and mean days and SD for hospital LoS. P-value calculated by Fisher’s exact test