Table 6

Comparison of emergency department length of stay for five triage category patients on three sets of nights

TRIAGE categoryConsultant nightsMiddle grade nightsSHO nightsχ2p Value
Blue1715140.440.802
Green29330339037.1<0.001
Yellow33839145838.3<0.001
Orange24027931721.7<0.001
Red5991.20.539
  • Kruskal-Wallis H Test for nonparametric equivalent to one-way ANOVA. The values are mean rank minutes to the nearest whole number.

  • Key

    Green: Consultant vs Middle Grade NOT significant; the rest are significant.

    Yellow: Consultant vs Middle Grade NOT significant; the rest are significant.

    Orange: Consultant vs SHO significant; the rest are NOT significant.