Descriptive before and after intervention
| Baseline | Postintervention | Sig p | |
| Jan 2013–June 2014 | Apr 2015- Oct 2015 | ||
| Days, n | 546 | 214 | |
| All VMMC hospitalist admissions* | |||
| Patients, n | 10 292 | 4698 | |
| Patients admitted/day, mean (SD) | 18.8 (5.6) | 22.0 (6.0) | <0.001 |
| VMMC Hospitalists admissions from ED† | |||
| ED patients admitted, n | 6244 | 2897 | |
| ED patients admitted/day, mean (SD) | 11.4 (3.6) | 13.5 (4.0) | <0.001 |
| ED patients admitted Length of Stay, mean (SD) | 4.7 (6.6) n=4669 | 4.8 (6.0) n=1551 | |
| ED patients admitted age, mean (SD) | 64.0 (18.6) | 63.8 (18.1) | .64 |
| ED patients admitted sex, female (%) | 3082 (49) | 1454 (53) | .006‡ |
| ED patient wait time minutes, mean (SD) | 66 (111) | 43 (95) | <0.001 |
| ED patient wait time minutes, median | 59.0 | 30.1 | <0.001 |
| ED patient time demands | |||
| Number 06:00–18:00 admits (%) | 4110 (66) | 1885 (65) | .48 |
| Number 18:00–06:00 admits (%) | 2134 (34) | 1012 (35) | |
| Wait time 18:00–18:00 admits, median | 60.0 | 33.0 | <0.001 |
| Wait time 18:00–-06:00 admits, median | 53.0 | 26.4 | <0.001 |
*ED, direct admit, and transfer patients, age >=18.
†For analysis, ED patients at baseline=6284–40 (patients missing bed request time)=6244; none of the 2897 postintervention ED patients were missing bed request time.
‡Patient sex is not significantly related to wait time minutes (p=0.42).
ED, emergency department.