Sex differences in clinical characteristics, timeliness of care, and in-hospital outcomes of adult non-trauma patients in the emergency department

Our study identified sex differences in clinical characteristics, ED timeliness of care, and in-hospital outcomes of adult non-trauma ED patients. Male patients had various unfavorable conditions, including having older age, higher acuity levels, and more comorbidities, and were at higher unadjusted and adjusted risk for adverse outcomes on ED LOS, hospital admission, hospital LOS, and in-hospital mortality. The male subgroup with TTAS levels 1-3 was vulnerable to the negative impact of sex on these outcomes.