Research Article
Deliberate Self-Poisoning Presenting to an Emergency Medicine Network in South-East Melbourne: A Descriptive Study
Table 3
Median length of stay in hospitals.
| | Department | Median length of stay across all hospitals (minutes) |
Median length of stay in individual hospitals (minutes) | | Casey | Dandenong | MMC Clayton | value |
| | Emergency Department () | 359.5 (IQR 231–607) | 331 (IQR 214–578) | 326 (IQR 214–537) | 408 (IQR 262–703) | | | Short Stay Unit () | 376.5 (IQR 182–712) | 272 (IQR 141.5–642.5) | 394.5 (IQR 187–734.5) | 258 (IQR 134–474) | |
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Significant difference exits between hospital areas (Kruskal Wallis, < 0.05; MMC Clayton was relatively higher).
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