Demographics
Hospitals eligible to take the assessment are those with EDs open 24/7.
EDs were categorized by annual pediatric volume:
- low (<1,800 patients)
- medium (1,800-4,999)
- medium-high (5,000-9,999)
- high (>10,000)
Hospital types included:
- general hospital
- children’s hospital within a general hospital
- stand-alone children’s hospital
- critical access hospital
- micro-hospital
- off-site hospital or satellite ED
- independently owned free-standing ED
- other
The ED configuration was defined as:
- a general ED (adults and children are seen in the same space)
- a separate pediatric ED in a hospital that treats both children and adults
- a pediatric ED in a children’s hospital
- or “other”
To view full ED demographics, view Table 1 in the research paper.