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Variation in weekend mortality effects explained
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Exposure measure (assessed individually)
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England
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Wales
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Medical disease category
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25.3% (p = 0.007)
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22.6% (p = 0.016)
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Reductions in admission rates at weekends
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58.1% (p < 0.001)
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27.8% (p < 0.001)
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Deaths on the day of admission
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20.3% (p < 0.001)
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15.8% (p = 0.004)
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Mean patient age
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4.9% (p = 0.199)
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9.6% (p = 0.040)
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Patient social deprivation
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4.9% (p = 0.201)
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2.3% (p = 0.476)
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Changes in the source of admission at weekends (through hospital emergency departments vs primary
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27.1% (p < 0.001)
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9.3% (p = 0.135)
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- Notes
- See the Methods section and Appendix, section II for further details of the exposure measures
