Changes in ED indicators post-inspection by rating score
| Six months post inspection effect for | Median time to initial assessment (minutes) | Median time to treatment (minutes) | Median total time spent in ED (minutes) | Left department before being seen for treatment (percentage) | Unplanned re-attendance (percentage) | Total Time spent in ED <4 hours (percentage) |
| Negative rating | −6.972 (−20.42 to 6.47) | −0.185 (−5.85 to 5.48) | −0.537 (−3.75 to 2.68) | −0.189 (−0.44 to 0.06) | −0.0347 (−0.29 to 0.22) | −1.117 (−2.33 to 0.10) |
| Positive rating | 14.65 (−9.54 to 38.84) | 1.329 (−4.36 to 7.02) | 2.963 (−5.64 to 11.56) | 0.0865 (−0.27 to 0.10) | −0.00543 (−0.29 to 0.28) | −0.693 (−2.70 to 1.31) |
| Observations | 4486 | 4662 | 4758 | 4748 | 4758 | 4758 |
| Trusts | 115 | 116 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 117 |
| R2 | 0.517 | 0.442 | 0.643 | 0.691 | 0.518 | 0.581 |
53 month dummies included (April 2012 to September 2016) model controls for number of emergency attendances each month, observations are weighted by number of emergency attendances each month.
Least-squares dummy variable model. Robust 95% CIs are within parentheses clustered by trust.
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
ED, emergency department.