Table 4 Number of patients treated by nurses and time spent per patient per observation session
A: Mean number of patients treated per observation session with and without pharmacists present | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of sessions (n) | Mean number of patients per session (SD) | Mean difference | 95% Confidence interval | p-value | ||||
Without | With | Without | With | Lower | Upper | |||
Overall | 81 | 89 | 2.93 (1.5) | 3.39 (2.0) | 0.47 | -0.07 | 1.01 | 0.089 |
ED1 | 32 | 28 | 2.50 (1.3) | 3.68 (2.5) | 1.18 | 0.10 | 2.25 | 0.033 |
ED2 | 25 | 36 | 2.68 (1.2) | 3.44 (1.7) | 0.76 | -0.03 | 1.56 | 0.058 |
ED3 | 24 | 25 | 3.75 (1.8) | 3.00 (1.9) | -0.75 | -1.79 | 0.29 | 0.154 |
B: Time spent per patient (min: sec) per observation sessionwithandwithoutpharmacists present | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of sessions (n) | Mean time per patient per session | Mean difference | 95% Confidence interval | p-value | ||||
Without | With | Without | With | Lower | Upper | |||
Overall | 79 | 86 | 20:28 | 16:41 | -03:47 | -07:54 | 00:27 | 0.079 |
ED1 | 31 | 27 | 22:36 | 18:53 | -03:43 | -12:14 | 04:47 | 0.385 |
ED2 | 25 | 36 | 23:26 | 14:44 | -08:43 | -15:40 | -01:46 | 0.016 |
ED3 | 23 | 23 | 14:21 | 17:11 | 02:50 | -03:37 | 09:18 | 0.381 |