Evaluating the Relationship between Productivity and Quality in Emergency Departments

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variables</td><td class="align_center">Definition</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">EKG (X1)</td><td class="align_center">Number of electrocardiograms (per 100 patients) conducted in the ED in 2012.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">XRAY (X2)</td><td class="align_center">Number of X-ray procedures (per 100 patients) conducted in the ED in 2012.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CT (X3)</td><td class="align_center">Number of computerized axial tomography (CT) scans (per 100 patients) conducted in ED in 2012.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">LOS (X4)</td><td class="align_center">Total ED patient length of stay in 2012.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">HOSP (X5)</td><td class="align_center">Indicator for hospital type in 2012; academic = 1 and nonacademic = 0.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TRAUMA (X6)</td><td class="align_center">Indicator for whether or not hospital is a Trauma Center in 2012, trauma = 1 or nontrauma = 0.</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Description of explanatory variables in econometric model.

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