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Table 2 Effect of the additional arrivals on Key Outcomes

From: A Spoonful of Math Helps the Medicine Go Down: An Illustration of How Healthcare can Benefit from Mathematical Modeling and Analysis

Arrivals rate (per day)

Avg. Percent of Beds Occupied

Percent of Arrivals Who Do not Wait

Avg. Wait Given That the Arrival Must Wait (in days)

3, (After Merger, no action)

87.5

87.7

1.55

3.1

90.4

78.0

1.90

3.2

93.3

63.2

2.55

3.3

96.3

41.4

4.24

95/28 (3.39)

99.0

13.2

14.3

3.5 and above

100

0

Infinite

Original situation (pre merger)

87.5

66.4

4.11