Fig 1.
Median occupancy rate of emergency departments in Seoul.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population.
Fig 2.
demonstrates the association between the average turnaround time and occupancy rate at the emergency department level.
Spearman’s rho was 0.58 (P = 0.002). *95% CI: 95% confidence interval
Fig 3.
Circadian variation in emergency department overcrowding and ambulance turnaround time.
During daytime, overcrowding and turnaround time increase together.
Table 2.
Linear regression analysis with a multi-level regression model.
Table 3.
Subgroup analysis of EDs with occupancy rate > 1.0.