Patients Prefer Boarding in Inpatient Hallways: Correlation with the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score

Table 2

Boarding preference by demographics, location, duration, prior admission, satisfaction, and NEDOCS.

		Boarding preference
	Inpatient hallway	ED Hallway	No preference	P
Age	53.7±15.0	51.9±16.9	50.2±20.1	0.7
Gender
Females	16 (33%)	17 (34%)	16 (33%)
Males	26 (52%)	16 (32%)	8 (16%)	0.05
Race
White	21 (47%)	15 (33%)	9 (20%)
Black	10 (35%)	12 (41%)	7 (24%)
Hispanic	6 (38%)	5 (31%)	5 (31%)
Asian	5 (56%)	1 (11%)	3 (33%)	0.7
Location
Area I	25 (50%)	15 (29%)	11 (21%)
Area III	13 (36%)	12 (32%)	12 (32%)
ED Hallway	4 (36%)	6 (55%)	1 (9%)	0.3
Duration	9.9±9.0	10.3±7.7	10.1±7.5	0.9
Prior Admit	36 (36%)	29 (29%)	16 (16%)	0.08
Satisfaction	4.6±0.7	4.6±0.7	4.4±1.2	0.5
NEDOCS	135.8±45.5	111.7±39.0	119.3±43.1	0.05
Total	42 (43%)	33 (33%)	24 (24%)	0.02