Research Article
Detecting Substance Abuse in the Emergency Department: A 10-Year Comparative Study
Table 1
(a) Years, days, (b) hour interval.
| (a) |
| | Chi-square: 0.021 | Days | Total | | Sunday | Thursday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Saturday | Friday |
| | 2000 | 78 | 56 | 62 | 37 | 33 | 83 | 66 | 415 | | 18.8% | 13.5% | 14.9% | 8.9% | 8.0% | 20.0% | 15.9% | 100.0% |
| | 2010 | 85 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 66 | 65 | 81 | 452 | | 18.8% | 12.6% | 11.7% | 10.0% | 14.6% | 14.4% | 17.9% | 100.0% |
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| (b) |
| | Chi-square: 0.000 | Hour interval | Total | | 0–4 h | 4–8 h | 8–12 h | 12–16 h | 16–20 h | 20–24 h |
| | 2000 | 68 | 44 | 34 | 69 | 82 | 118 | 415 | | 16.4% | 10.6% | 8.2% | 16.6% | 19.8% | 28.4% | 100.0% |
| | 2010 | 104 | 39 | 69 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 452 | | 23.0% | 8.6% | 15.3% | 17.5% | 17.9% | 17.7% | 100.0% |
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