The association between long emergency department stays and inpatient length of stay: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Emerg Med · 2026 · PMC13104378 · PMID 41840365

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.405not close (p > 0.1)

However, this potential inverse relationship was based on a small number of cases, and did not reach statistical significance (Pearson Chi2(9) = 9.4, p = 0.405; Fig. 3 ).

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a weak trendno p-value reported

In the paediatric subgroup (Table 5 ), analysis at the 12-hour threshold showed a weak trend indicating that a longer EDLOS may be associated with a shorter IPLOS.

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