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Emergency care performance data

Statewide

 Oct-Dec 2010Jan-Mar 2011Apr-Jun 2011Jul-Sep 2011Oct-Dec 2011 
Total Emergency Department Category 1 treated  2033  1846  1792  1873  1822  patients
Total Emergency Department Category 1 treated immediately  2033  1846  1792  1873  1822  patients
Emergency Department Category 1 treated immediately (21 Hospitals)  100  100  100  100  100  %
Emergency Department Category 1 treated immediately  100  100  100  100  100  %
Total Emergency Department Category 2 treated  34294  31252  32352  33531  33370  patients
Total Emergency Department Category 2 treated within 10 mins  27450  25932  27112  26995  27373  patients
Emergency Department Category 2 treated within 10 mins (21 Hospitals)  81  83  84  81  82  %
Emergency Department Category 2 treated within 10 mins  80  83  84  81  82  %
Total Emergency Department Category 3 treated  116977  110358  114452  119455  117897  patients
Total Emergency Department Category 3 treated within 30 mins  81071  79530  82326  81146  84817  patients
Emergency Department Category 3 treated within 30 mins (21 Hospitals)  68  70  70  65  70  %
Emergency Department Category 3 treated within 30 mins  69  72  72  68  72  %
Total Emergency Department Category 4 treated  157988  156730  156769  159066  161881  patients
Total Emergency Department Category 4 treated within one hour  102401  105173  105714  100461  109237  patients
Emergency Department Category 4 treated within one hour  65  67  67  63  67  %
Total Emergency Department Category 5 treated  38379  38644  36944  34028  36520  patients
Total Emergency Department Category 5 treated within two hours  33396  34090  32571  29415  32236  patients
Emergency Department Category 5 treated within two hours  87  88  88  86  88  %
Emergency Department patients treated within time  70  73  73  69  73  %
Emergency Department patients transferred from emergency departments to hospital beds within 8 hours  64970  65692  68091  66204  71148  patients
Emergency Department patients transferred from emergency departments to hospital beds within 8 hours (21 Hospitals)  69  71  71  65  71  %
Emergency Department patients transferred from emergency departments to hospital beds within 8 hours  71  73  73  68  73  %
Total non-admitted Emergency Department patients  256702  247498  246748  245791  250006  patients
Emergency Department patients whose stay is less than four hours  193368  188594  189022  181018  190626  patients
Emergency Department patients discharged home whose length of stay is less than 4 hours (21 Hospitals)  71  72  73  68  71  %
Emergency Department patients whose stay is less than four hours  75  76  77  74  76  %
Median time to treatment for all Emergency Department patients  23  21  21  23  21  minutes
Median time to treatment for Category 1, 2 & 3 Emergency Department patients  12  11  11  13  11  minutes
Median time to treatment for Category 4 & 5 Emergency Department patients  37  34  34  38  32  minutes
90th percentile time to treatment for all Emergency Department patients  119  112  111  126  112  minutes