Source(s)

Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowding Continues to Occur, and Some Patients Wait Longer than Recommended Times Frames. United States Government Accountability Office. April 30, 2009.

Calculation(s) by Book of Odds Based On

Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowding Continues to Occur, and Some Patients Wait Longer than Recommended Times Frames. United States Government Accountability Office. April 30, 2009.

Definitions

According to the Emergency Nurses Association, patients needing urgent treatments should be seen within 15-60 minutes.

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Odds more likely than 1 in 10, such as 1 in 3.42, are rounded to three significant digits. Odds less likely than 1 in 10, such as 1 in 420.4, are rounded to four significant digits. Trailing zeros after the decimal point are dropped for readability, even though they may still be significant.

Odds you'll see: 1 in 4.26; 14.5; 143; 5,230; 433,200

Odds you won't see: 1 in 2.412; 63.042; 425,242c