Table 4

Adjusted odds of 30-day death for elective and emergency admissions

ElectiveEmergency
OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
Patient fixed effects
 Gender, male vs female1.033 (0.956 to 1.116)1.062 (1.045 to 1.080)
 Age†1.026 (1.023 to 1.028)1.026 (1.025 to 1.026)
 Comorbidity score†1.092 (1.089 to 1.095)1.044 (1.043 to 1.044)
 Transfers in vs not3.413 (3.003 to 3.891)1.513 (1.468 to 1.560)
Year of admission
 2009 vs 20121.301 (1.152 to 1.469)1.209 (1.179 to 1.241)
 2010 vs 20121.217 (1.077 to 1.374)1.099 (1.071 to 1.128)
 2011 vs 20121.192 (1.057 to 1.343)1.043 (1.017 to 1.070)
Ranking (lowest risk=0)
 0 vs 30.102 (0.080 to 0.131)0.044 (0.040 to 0.048)
 1 vs 30.335 (0.298 to 0.375)0.149 (0.145 to 0.154)
 2 vs 30.684 (0.596 to 0.785)0.291 (0.285 to 0.296)
Country
 England vs USA0.996 (0.571 to 1.737)2.109 (1.307 to 3.402)
 Australia vs USA0.596 (0.367 to 0.966)1.454 (0.947 to 2.232)
 The Netherlands vs USA3.310 (2.179 to 5.027)2.708 (1.743 to 4.207)
Country×day of the week
England
 Tuesday vs Monday0.81 (0.67 to 0.97)0.97 (0.94 to 1.01)
 Wednesday vs Monday1.11 (0.93 to 1.32)0.96 (0.93 to 1.00)
 Thursday vs Monday0.98 (0.82 to 1.18)0.96 (0.92 to 0.99)
 Friday vs Monday1.10 (0.91 to 1.33)0.98 (0.94 to 1.01)
 Saturday vs Monday1.31 (0.90 to 1.91)1.07 (1.03 to 1.12)
 Sunday vs Monday2.78 (1.93 to 4.03)1.08 (1.04 to 1.13)
Australia
 Tuesday vs Monday0.85 (0.60 to 1.21)0.95 (0.90 to 1.02)
 Wednesday vs Monday0.93 (0.66 to 1.30)0.94 (0.89 to 1.01)
 Thursday vs Monday0.89 (0.62 to 1.26)0.98 (0.92 to 1.06)
 Friday vs Monday1.07 (0.74 to 1.54)0.97 (0.91 to 1.04)
 Saturday vs Monday1.20 (0.57 to 2.55)1.03 (0.97 to 1.10)
 Sunday vs Monday2.07 (1.16 to 3.70)1.02 (0.95 to 1.09)
USA
 Tuesday vs Monday1.37 (1.00 to 1.87)0.98 (0.92 to 1.05)
 Wednesday vs Monday1.38 (1.00 to 1.90)1.00 (0.93 to 1.07)
 Thursday vs Monday1.27 (0.91 to 1.76)1.07 (1.00 to 1.15)
 Friday vs Monday1.18 (0.84 to 1.66)1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)
 Saturday vs Monday2.48 (1.17 to 5.23)1.11 (1.02 to 1.20)
 Sunday vs Monday2.35 (0.61 to 9.04)1.13 (1.04 to 1.24)
The Netherlands
 Tuesday vs Monday0.88 (0.71 to 1.10)1.06 (0.96 to 1.16)
 Wednesday vs Monday1.14 (0.92 to 1.40)1.06 (0.97 to 1.17)
 Thursday vs Monday1.19 (0.99 to 1.48)1.03 (0.94 to 1.13)
 Friday vs Monday1.33 (1.07 to 1.66)0.98 (0.90 to 1.08)
 Saturday vs Monday4.74 (3.29 to 6.82)1.20 (1.09 to 1.33)
 Sunday vs Monday2.61 (1.86 to 3.66)1.17 (1.06 to 1.29)
Hospital fixed effects
 Beds†1.000 (1.000 to 1.000)*1.000 (1.000 to 1.000)*
 Transfers out†0.948 (0.918 to 0.979)**0.997 (0.977 to 1.016)*
Random effects (hospitals)
 Covariance parameter estimates (SD)0.0395 (0.0150)***0.1129 (0.0218)***
 c Statistic0.8780.856
  • * Not significant at 0.05 level,

  • **p<0.001.

  • ***p<0.0001.

  • †Unit change from mean.