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Table 5 Difference in weekend and weekday length of stay for the top 3 DRGs (by volume) of the top 5 admitting disciplines

From: Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data

 

n

Crude ALOS

Diff in ALOS (weekend – weekday)

p-value

General Medicine

    

DRG: 177 Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease

517

4.59

0.33

0.332

DRG: 170 Respiratory Infections/Inflamns Age>54 W CC

364

8.66

0.07

0.933

DRG: 889 Poisoning/Toxic Effects of Drugs Age<60 W/O CC

220

2.40

0.46

0.008

General Surgery

    

DRG: 330 Other Gastroscopy for Major Digestive Disease W/O CC

259

2.73

0.87

<0.001

DRG: 318 Anal & Stomal Procedures W/O CC

214

1.78

0.17

0.176

DRG: 314 Appendectomy W/O Complicated Principal Diagnosis

213

2.66

0.21

0.187

Orthopaedics

    

DRG: 455 Medical Back Problems Age<75 W/O CC

323

2.77

0.1

0.624

DRG: 420 Lower Extremity&Humerus Procs Exc Hip, Foot, Femur Age<60 W/O CC

199

3.60

-0.34

0.38

DRG: 432 Hand or Wrist Procedures Exc Major Joint

177

1.92

0.07

0.679

Respiratory

    

DRG: 177 Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease

319

4.18

0.68

0.072

DRG: 170 Respiratory Infections/Inflamns Age>54 W CC

184

8.20

1.61

0.195

DRG: 171 Respiratory Infections/Inflamns (Age>54 W/O CC) or (Age<55 W CC)

127

5.33

-1.29

0.069

Neurology

    

DRG: 37 Cerebrovascular Disorders Except TIA W CC

473

9.89

0.83

0.477

DRG: 38 Cerebrovascular Disorders Except TIA W/O CC

443

4.70

1.07

0.025

DRG: 47 Seizure Age<65 W/O CC

206

2.46

0.47

0.027

  1. * note: difference for weekend versus weekday admission, adjusted for sex, age group, type and source of admission, admission time and admission on eve of public holiday