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Table 3 Surgical subspecialty on weekdays and weekends

From: Seven-day services in surgery and the “weekend effect” at a Japanese teaching hospital: a retrospective cohort study

 

Weekday (633 days)

Weekend (290 days)

Total (% of samples)

P-value

      

<.0001

Digestive surgery

1998

(88)

281

(12)

2279

(30.6)

 

Orthopaedic surgery

1469

(86)

237

(14)

1706

(22.9)

 

Obstetrics and gynaecology

804

(91)

82

(9)

886

(11.9)

 

Urology

520

(96)

23

(4)

543

(7.3)

 

Otorhinolaryngology

327

(64)

180

(36)

507

(6.8)

 

Cardiovascular surgery

397

(91)

38

(9)

435

(5.8)

 

Breast surgery

276

(89)

34

(11)

310

(4.2)

 

Dentistry

12

(6)

193

(94)

205

(2.8)

 

Plastic surgery

24

(12)

178

(88)

202

(2.7)

 

Paediatric surgery

99

(51)

94

(49)

193

(2.6)

 

Neurosurgery

115

(76)

36

(24)

151

(2)

 

Othera

15

(60)

10

(40)

25

(0.3)

 
  1. Statistical analyses were performed using the chi-square test
  2. Values are number (proportion)
  3. aOther includes Neurology, Internal medicine, Ophthalmology and Cardiology