Abstract
This paper compares the workload of the emergency department of a Level One trauma center in the United States and a large city hospital in the United Kingdom. The referral pattern and diagnostic classification of 5,000 patients presenting to both departments were compared, as were the transportation systems at the two sites. It was shown that similarities existed in many areas. Major trauma formed only a small proportion of the overall workload of both departments. The conclusion is that althofugh the two emergency care systems have fundamental differences in terms of organization and finance, the workloads are remarkably similar. Interesting differences arose in areas such as use of helicopter transport, psychiatric and drug and alcohol related admissions, and in the number of patients brought to hospital under police escort.
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