. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Med. 2013 Dec 31;9(2):106–110. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2138

Table 3.

Comparison of nighttime admissions between cohorts (n = 161).

Variable	2011 Median (IQR)	2012 Median (IQR)	p
Time from admission decision to first inpatient order,^a^,^b minutes	90 (40-151)	42 (17-67)	0.002
Length of stay,^b hours	53 (34-61)	36 (17-69)	0.307

Variable	N (%)	N (%)

Change by attending to resident's antibiotic choice in all patients	7/70 (10)	7/88 (8)	1
Resident met standard of care	70/71 (99)	88/90 (98)	1
RRT called within first 24 hours	2/71 (3)	6/90 (7)	0.468

IQR – interquartile range; SD – standard deviation; RRT – rapid response team.

cases in which the time difference between orders was negative were excluded

p-values calculated using Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test