Table 3 Association between wait-list size and chances of on-time surgery as measured by odds ratios derived from discrete-time survival regression models
From: Chances of late surgery in relation to length of wait lists
Semi-urgent | Non-urgent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude | Adjusted* | Crude | Adjusted* | |
Surgery demand | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) |
Wait-list size category | ||||
1 – <1 week list-size | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
2 – half month list-size | 0.49 (0.42, 0.57) | 0.64 (0.54, 0.75) | 0.88 (0.62, 1.25) | 0.75 (0.51, 1.09) |
3 – 1 month list-size | 0.44 (0.39, 0.50) | 0.53 (0.45, 0.62) | 0.39 (0.28, 0.55) | 0.38 (0.26, 0.56) |
4 – >1 month list-size | 0.57 (0.49, 0.65) | 0.49 (0.41, 0.60) | 0.30 (0.21, 0.41) | 0.31 (0.20, 0.47) |
Direct admission† | - | 0.93 (0.91, 0.95) | - | 0.90 (0.87, 0.94) |