Table 3.
Risk of 30-day mortality before and after introduction of the emergency laparotomy pathway quality improvement care bundle
| Risk of death |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Before ELPQuiC | After ELPQuiC | Risk difference | P* | Risk ratio | P† |
| 1 | 0·192 (0·110, 0·274) | 0·114 (0·070, 0·159) | –0·078 (–0·171, 0·015) | 0·101 | 0·595 (0·334, 1·059) | 0·078 |
| 2 | 0·181 (0·131, 0·231) | 0·100 (0·063, 0·136) | –0·081 (–0·143, –0·020) | 0·010 | 0·550 (0·348, 0·869) | 0·010 |
| 3 | 0·113 (0·042, 0·184) | 0·081 (0·034, 0·128) | –0·032 (–0·117, 0·053) | 0·462 | 0·716 (0·304, 0·169) | 0·445 |
| 4 | 0·108 (0·046, 0·170) | 0·083 (0·030, 0·136) | –0·025 (–0·106, 0·056) | 0·542 | 0·766 (0·326, 1·803) | 0·542 |
| All | 0·156 (0·124, 0·189) | 0·096 (0·074, 0·118) | –0·060 (–0·100, –0·021) | 0·003 | 0·614 (0·451, 0·836) | 0·002 |
Values in parentheses are 95 per cent c.i. ELPQuiC, emergency laparotomy pathway quality improvement care.
*
Logistic regression model;
†
P value for loge of the risk ratio (logistic regression model).