Table 2.
Seasonal variation in hospital admissions and length of stay (LOS).
| Location | Season, n (%) | Total, n (%) | P (winter vs)a | |||||||
| Summer | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Spring | ||||
| Tasmania | ||||||||||
| Admissions | 113 (25.5) | 114 (25.7) | 107 (24.2) | 109 (24.6) | 443 (54.2) | .51 | .38 | .74 | ||
| LOS | 457 (21.0) | 645 (29.6) | 522 (24.0) | 554 (25.4) | 2178 (60.0) | .38 | .62 | .59 | ||
| Australian Capital Territory and Victoria | ||||||||||
| Admissions | 21 (17.7) | 21 (17.7) | 34 (28.6) | 43 (36.1) | 119 (14.6) | .08 | .06 | .48 | ||
| LOS | 75 (15.7) | 73 (15.3) | 138 (28.9) | 192 (40.2) | 478 (13.2) | .14 | .04 | .32 | ||
| Queensland | ||||||||||
| Admissions | 98 (38.4) | — | 157 (61.6) | — | 255 (31.2) | .01 | — | — | ||
| LOS | 338 (34.8) | — | 633 (65.2) | — | 971 (26.8) | .02 | — | — | ||
aP values were calculated using the Wilcoxon rank sum test.