Number of cases and controls and exposed cases and controls by outcome, patient group and service type
| Outcome | No. of patients (exposed patients) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long stay | Short stay | ||||
| Nursing | Therapy* | Personal support | Nursing | Therapy* | |
| Cases | |||||
| ED visit | 2610 (1014) | 2309 (262) | 3737 (2453) | 2430 (971) | 1128 (156) |
| ED visit, admission | 1029 (408) | 1025 (129) | 1552 (1,032) | 614 (235) | 454 (64) |
| ED visit, no admission | 1581 (606) | 1284 (133) | 2185 (1421) | 1816 (736) | 674 (92) |
| ED visit, CTAS score 1–3 | 2243 (855) | 2063 (234) | 3280 (2157) | 1843 (676) | 956 (129) |
| ED visit, CTAS score 4–5 | 367 (159) | 246 (28) | 457 (296) | 587 (295) | 172 (27) |
| Controls | |||||
| ED visit | 10 784 (3638) | 9520 (1092) | 16 524 (11 011) | 8212 (2880) | 4333 (491) |
| ED visit, admission | 4382 (1619) | 4201 (542) | 6895 (4696) | 2377 (852) | 1844 (227) |
| ED visit, no admission | 6475 (2051) | 5361 (553) | 9701 (6358) | 5870 (2042) | 2504 (266) |
| ED visit, CTAS score 1–3 | 9356 (3139) | 8550 (985) | 14 588 (9740) | 6629 (2175) | 3732 (415) |
| ED visit, CTAS score 4–5 | 1493 (515) | 1011 (111) | 1989 (1298) | 1651 (738) | 624 (79) |
Note: CTAS = Canadian Triage Acuity Scale, ED = emergency department.
↵* Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, nutritional therapy or social work.