Most of these procedures are ones that are likely to take a long time with a complex patient, and it is potentially these times that doctors are recalling when estimating times in the consensus study. Figure 21 Mean times of medical procedures, comparison between the costing study and – the Emergency care clinician time consensus study Investigations The data collected for the Emergency care costing study included investigations undertaken for patients in the emergency department. Table 27 shows the results of this. The most commonly reported investigation was basic panel blood testing (item 21). This was followed by directed investigations (item 22), which was in turn followed by plain x-ray of a single region (item 31). Table 27 Episodes with investigations reported, by study strata – Stratum** Investigation MCL MCOt ReL Rem ReOt SP Number of emergency department stays in which at least one investigation was reported* 21 Basic 8,366 2,163 522 317 696 335 panel1 22 Directed 6,813 2,173 982 955 456 370 investigation2 23 Complex 3,369 842 43 37 95 63 investigation3 31 Plain X-ray - single 5,910 1,380 66 725 1,069 477 region 32 Plain X-ray - multiple 83 3 6 68 87 56 regions 33 Ultrasound - radiology 116 247 6 158 57 department 34 CT - single region, with 1,410 452 3 165 334 28 or without contrast 35 CT - multiple regions, with 192 134 0 26 151 3 or without contrast 36 Nuclear medicine 51 0 0 0 0 0 scan 37 MRI with or without 49 6 0 7 27 10 contrast 90 Other specified investigations 2,673 0 0 42 15 18 not elsewhere classified Percentage of emergency department stays in which at least one investigation was reported
Most of these procedures are ones that are likely to take a long time with a complex patient, and it is potentially these times that doctors are recalling when estimating times in the consensus study. Figure 21 – Mean times of medical procedures, comparison between the costing study and the Emergency care clinician time consensus study Investigations The data collected for the Emergency care costing study included investigations undertaken for patients in the emergency department. Table 27 shows the results of this. The most commonly reported investigation was basic panel blood testing (item 21). This was followed by directed investigations (item 22), which was in turn followed by plain x-ray of a single region (item 31). Table 27 – Episodes with investigations reported, by study strata Investigation Stratum** MCL MCOt ReL Rem ReOt SP Number of emergency department stays in which at least one investigation was reported* 21 Basic panel1 8,366 2,163 522 317 696 335 22 Directed investigation2 6,813 2,173 982 955 456 370 23 Complex investigation3 3,369 842 43 37 95 63 31 Plain X-ray - single region 5,910 1,380 66 725 1,069 477 32 Plain X-ray - multiple regions 83 3 6 68 87 56 33 Ultrasound - radiology department 116 247 6 158 57 34 CT - single region, with or without contrast 1,410 452 3 165 334 28 35 CT - multiple regions, with or without contrast 192 134 0 26 151 3 36 Nuclear medicine scan 51 0 0 0 0 0 37 MRI with or without contrast 49 6 0 7 27 10 90 Other specified investigations not elsewhere classified 2,673 0 0 42 15 18 Percentage of emergency department stays in which at least one investigation was reported
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