Anticipated resource utilization for injury versus non-injury pediatric visits to emergency departments

Table 3 ED stay characteristics based on maximum Severity Classification Score (SCS) for injury visits

Total injury visits	ED stay characteristic	SCS	SCS^b	SCS	SCS	SCS	SCS	Statistic^c
		uncodable^a	1	2	3	4	5
		N = 8,632	N = 8,749	N = 218,681	N = 427,752	N = 73,329	N = 6,197
N = 763,733	% of all patients	3.8	1.2	28.6	56.0	9.6	0.8	---------
	LOS (mean)^d	191.3	109.8	138.3	170.9	284.8	386.6	<0.001
	LOS (median)^e	123	75	112	121	180	180	<0.001
	% admit/ transfer/ died %^f	7.5	1.1	1.5	6.7	36.3	73.4	<0.001
	Median ISS	1	1	1	1	2	10	<0.001

^aICD-9CM code could not be mapped to SCS
^bSeverity Classification System (SCS) for all diagnoses for visit
^cTesting differences in LOS (Kruskal-Wallis test), increasing trend in median LOS (likelihood ratio test), and Admit % across various SCS (1-5 only) (Cochran-Armitage trend test)
^dCorresponding mean Length of stay (LOS) for each SCS in minutes (excluding visits resulting in death in ED n = 393)
^eCorresponding median Length of stay (LOS) for each SCS in minutes (excluding visits resulting in death in ED n = 393 (1039 deaths in non-injury group))
^fProportion of patients admitted/transferred/died

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