Table 2.

Lives saved (before 30 days) per 100 patients before and after introduction of the emergency laparotomy pathway quality improvement care bundle

	Lives saved per 100 patients
Site	Before ELPQuiC	After ELPQuiC	Difference	P*
1	6·48 (4·64, 8·32)	11·96 (11·37, 12·55)	5·48 (3·55, 7·42)	< 0·001
2	6·76 (6·37, 7·14)	15·68 (15·29, 16·06)	8·92 (8·37, 9·47)	< 0·001
3	7·95 (5·66, 10·25)	9·96 (9·26, 10·67)	2·01 (–0·40, 4·42)	0·101
4	4·34 (2·90, 5·78)	8·77 (7·78, 9·76)	4·43 (2·68, 6·19)	< 0·001
All	6·47 (5·79, 7·15)	12·44 (12·14, 12·75)	5·97 (5·23, 6·72)	< 0·001

Values in parentheses are 95 per cent c.i. ELPQuiC, emergency laparotomy pathway quality improvement care.

^*Linear regression model.