Classification and Severity of Visits to the Freestanding Emergency Department by Urgent Care Clinic Status
| Urgent Care Clinic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Visit Classification/Severity | Opena | Closeda | P Valueb |
| Classification | |||
| Nonemergent | 7,404 (46.8) | 4,227 (55.6) | <0.001 |
| Emergent | 3,030 (19.1) | 869 (11.4) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol/drug | 251 (1.6) | 71 (0.9) | <0.001 |
| Psychiatric | 228 (1.4) | 84 (1.1) | 0.040 |
| Injury | 1,784 (11.3) | 1,109 (14.6) | <0.001 |
| Unclassified | 3,139 (19.8) | 1,249 (16.4) | <0.001 |
| Emergency severity index | |||
| Immediate – 5 | 79 (0.5) | 27 (0.4) | <0.001 |
| Emergent – 4 | 2,218 (14.0) | 431 (5.7) | |
| Urgent – 3 | 12,393 (78.3) | 3,476 (45.7) | |
| Less urgent – 2 | 939 (5.9) | 3,299 (43.4) | |
| Nonurgent – 1 | 191 (1.2) | 373 (4.9) | |
↵aOpen, 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM; Closed, 12:00 AM to 7:00 AM.
↵bChi-square test of independence for difference between visits during urgent care clinic open and closed hours by individual visit classification and overall emergency severity index.
Notes: Because 3,013 patients did not have a documented arrival time, their visits could not be included in the open vs closed analysis (n=23,445). Nineteen additional patients did not have a documented emergency severity index, so these patients were not included in the analysis (n=23,426). Data are presented as n (%). P<0.05 indicates statistical significance.