Skip to main content

Table 3 Adjusted odds of 30-day post-discharge mortality in 292,399 emergency admissions and 164,277 elective admissions

From: Weekend effect on mortality by medical specialty in six secondary hospitals in the Helsinki metropolitan area over a 14-year period

SPECIALTY

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Acute psychiatry

 emergency

1.394 (0.577 to 3.370)

1.164 (0.454 to 2.984)

1

0.884 (0.324 to 2.414)

1.483 (0.610 to 3.605)

1.086 (0.375 to 3.147)

1.513 (0.552 to 4.148)

 elective

0.282 (0.045 to 1.768)

1.073 (0.223 to 5.165)

1

0.952 (0.150 to 6.032)

0.515 (0.052 to 5.130)

1.784 (0.167 to 19.113)

0.000 (0.000 to Inf)

Surgery

 emergency

1.180 (1.011 to 1.378)

0.978 (0.832 to 1.149)

1

1.056 (0.899 to 1.242)

1.010 (0.855 to 1.192)

1.000 (0.840 to 1.191)

0.975 (0.817 to 1.164)

 elective

1.168 (0.866 to 1.576)

1.028 (0.759 to 1.392)

1

1.138 (0.830 to 1.559)

1.189 (0.819 to 1.727)

2.315 (1.354 to 3.958)

1.030 (0.702 to 1.511)

Gynecology & obstetrics

 emergency

0.758 (0.342 to 1.684)

0.338 (0.122 to 0.941)

1

1.093 (0.481 to 2.485)

0.786 (0.334 to 1.852)

1.134 (0.471 to 2.732)

1.258 (0.543 to 2.914)

 elective

2.291 (0.622 to 8.443)

1.437 (0.351 to 5.885)

1

4.003 (1.053 to 15.220)

3.475 (0.663 to 18.210)

27.472 (4.218 to 178.921)

3.574 (0.335 to 38.115)

Internal medicine

 emergency

1.171 (1.044 to 1.314)

1.066 (0.947 to 1.200)

1

1.083 (0.960 to 1.220)

1.136 (1.009 to 1.279)

1.163 (1.026 to 1.320)

1.291 (1.141 to 1.461)

 elective

1.311 (0.987 to 1.742)

1.074 (0.797 to 1.447)

1

1.262 (0.925 to 1.723)

1.717 (1.259 to 2.342)

1.865 (1.286 to 2.703)

1.560 (1.087 to 2.239)

Pulmonology

 emergency

1.103 (0.879 to 1.383)

1.035 (0.816 to 1.311)

1

1.028 (0.810 to 1.305)

1.076 (0.846 to 1.368)

1.262 (0.985 to 1.618)

1.208 (0.939 to 1.555)

 elective

1.018 (0.704 to 1.473)

0.679 (0.457 to 1.010)

1

0.862 (0.573 to 1.295)

1.104 (0.694 to 1.757)

0.962 (0.426 to 2.177)

0.783 (0.364 to 1.685)

Neurology

 emergency

1.317 (0.835 to 2.079)

0.914 (0.559 to 1.497)

1

1.631 (1.042 to 2.553)

1.432 (0.902 to 2.272)

1.515 (0.945 to 2.429)

1.120 (0.674 to 1.861)

 elective

1.417 (0.460 to 4.361)

1.148 (0.405 to 3.257)

1

0.988 (0.292 to 3.346)

0.878 (0.210 to 3.662)

2.474 (0.751 to 8.146)

1.776 (0.416 to 7.580)

Otorhinolaryngology

 elective

1.731e+ 02 (0 to Inf)

0.000 (0 to Inf)

1

0.000 (0 to Inf)

3.641 (0 to Inf)

9.926e+ 27 (0 to Inf)

8.552e+ 14 (0 to Inf)

Pediatrics

 emergency

0.963 (0.000 to Inf)

6.194e+ 07 (0.000 to Inf)

1

8.296e+ 07 (0.000 to Inf)

3.748e+ 07 (0.000 to Inf)

8.155e+ 07 (0.000 to Inf)

3.962e+ 07 (0.000 to Inf)

 elective

0.000 (0 to Inf)

6.692e+ 23 (0 to Inf)

1

9.922e+ 16 (0 to Inf)

6.100e+ 18 (0 to Inf)

1.351e+ 58 (0 to Inf)

3.127e+ 21 (0 to Inf)