Percentage of patients seen within target time by triage category
| Before separate stream started | After separate stream started* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triage category | N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | Z† | p† | |
| *Data have been used for the four week period where the only intervention was the introduction of the separate stream system (that is, 8 June to 6 July); †critical ratio (Z) test and one sided p value. | |||||||
| 1 | Immediate | 11 | 52.4 (30.4 to 73.6) | 9 | 56.3 (30.6 to 79.28) | −0.01 | 0.46 |
| 2 | <10 min | 48 | 41.0 (32.1 to 50.5) | 36 | 32.1 (23.8 to 41.7) | 1.26 | 0.10 |
| 3 | <60 min | 2012 | 72.8 (71.1 to 74.4) | 1576 | 78.6 (76.7 to 80.4) | 4.55 | <0.0001 |
| 4 | <120 min | 3442 | 87.6 (86.5 to 88.6) | 3022 | 94.1 (93.2 to 94.9) | 9.29 | <0.0001 |
| 5 | <240 min | 98 | 96.1 (89.7 to 98.8) | 44 | 100.0 (90.0 to 100.0) | 0.77 | 0.22 |