Skip to main content

Table 4 Odds ratios (ORs) of 30-day in-hospital mortality following surgery on weekdays and weekends

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

 

Weekday, N (‰)

Weekend, N (‰)

Total, N (‰)

ORs (95% CI)

Adjusted ORs (95% CI)a

Total

27

(4.5)

14

(10)

41

(5.5)

2.3 (1.2–4.4)

2.4 (1.2–4.9)

Emergency

15

(21)

13

(55)

28

(30)

2.7 (1.3–5.8)

2.7 (1.2–6.5)

Surgery on the hospitalization day

7

(19)

7

(46)

14

(26)

2.5 (0.88–7.4)

1.9 (0.57–6.5)

Surgery after the hospitalization day

8

(24)

6

(73)

14

(34)

3.2 (1.1–9.5)

3.9 (1.1–13.3)

Elective

12

(2.3)

1

(0.87)

13

(2)

0.39 (0.05–3.0)

0.4 (0.05–3.2)

  1. Values are number (per mille; ‰) or ORs(95%CI)
  2. a Adjusted: propency score (age, sex, ASA class)