Table 2.
Number and percentage of deaths at 3, 7, 15 and 30 days after urgent hospital admission according to sociodemographic, clinical and health resource characteristics, broken down according to weekday or weekends
| 3 Days | 7 Days | 15 Days | 30 Days | |||||||||||||||||
| Weekday | Weekend | P value | Weekday | Weekend | P value | Weekday | Weekend | P value | Weekday | Weekend | P value | |||||||||
| N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | N | Mortality (95% CI) | |||||
| Total | 1717 | 3.27 (3.12 to 3.42) | 747 | 3.74 (3.48 to 4.01) | 0.002 | 2844 | 5.42 (5.23 to 5.61) | 1167 | 5.85 (5.52 to 6.17) | 0.025 | 4174 | 7.96 (7.72 to 8.19) | 1658 | 8.31 (7.92 to 8.69) | 0.119 | 5674 | 10.81 (10.55 to 11.08) | 2191 | 10.98 (10.54 to 11.41) | 0.524 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Man | 818 | 3.03 (2.82 to 3.23) | 347 | 3.41 (3.06 to 3.77) | 0.056 | 1365 | 5.05 (4.79 to 5.31) | 533 | 5.24 (4.81 to 5.67) | 0.452 | 2007 | 7.42 (7.11 to 7.74) | 782 | 7.69 (7.17 to 8.21) | 0.385 | 2724 | 10.08 (9.72 to 10.43) | 1024 | 10.07 (9.48 to 10.65) | 0.986 |
| Woman | 899 | 3.53 (3.31 to 3.76) | 400 | 4.09 (3.69 to 4.48) | 0.014 | 1479 | 5.82 (5.53 to 6.10) | 634 | 6.48 (5.99 to 6.96) | 0.019 | 2166 | 8.52 (8.17 to 8.86) | 876 | 8.95 (8.38 to 9.52) | 0.194 | 2949 | 11.59 (11.20 to 11.99) | 1167 | 11.92 (11.28 to 12.56) | 0.391 |
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||||
| <5 years | 0 | Not applicable | 1 | Not applicable | 0 | Not applicable | 1 | Not applicable | 0 | No aplica | 1 | No aplica | 1 | No aplica | 1 | No aplica | ||||
| 5–17 years | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | No aplica | 0 | No aplica | 0 | No aplica | 1 | No aplica | ||||
| 18–39 years | 9 | 0.94 (0.33 to 1.55) | 6 | 1.40 (0.29 to 2.52) | 0.443 | 10 | 1.04 (0.40 to 1.69) | 8 | 1.87 (0.59 to 3.15) | 0.211 | 10 | 1.04 (0.40 to 1.69) | 8 | 1.87 (0.59 to 3.15) | 0.211 | 17 | 1.78 (0.94 to 2.61) | 9 | 2.10 (0.74 to 3.46) | 0.679 |
| 40–65 years | 151 | 1.57 (1.32 to 1.82) | 67 | 1.81 (1.38 to 2.24) | 0.335 | 216 | 2.25 (1.95 to 2.55) | 97 | 2.62 (2.11 to 3.14) | 0.207 | 292 | 3.04 (2.70 to 3.39) | 131 | 3.54 (2.95 to 4.14) | 0.144 | 376 | 3.92 (3.53 to 4.31) | 176 | 4.76 (4.07 to 5.44) | 0.030 |
| 66–80 years | 363 | 2.28 (2.05 to 2.51) | 157 | 2.72 (2.30 to 3.13) | 0.063 | 567 | 3.56 (3.27 to 3.85) | 241 | 4.17 (3.65 to 4.68) | 0.036 | 847 | 5.32 (4.97 to 5.67) | 347 | 6.00 (5.39 to 6.61) | 0.051 | 1189 | 7.47 (7.06 to 7.87) | 459 | 7.94 (7.24 to 8.64) | 0.245 |
| >80 year | 1194 | 4.81 (4.54 to 5.07) | 516 | 5.41 (4.95 to 5.86) | 0.022 | 2051 | 8.26 (7.92 to 8.60) | 820 | 8.59 (8.03 to 9.16) | 0.314 | 3025 | 12.18 (11.77 to 12.59) | 1171 | 12.27 (11.61 to 12.93) | 0.816 | 4091 | 16.47 (16.01 to 16.94) | 1545 | 16.19 (15.45 to 16.93) | 0.529 |
| Income level | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhausted unemployment subsidy, RMI, RAI, PNC and others* | 66 | 2.90 (2.21 to 3.60) | 22 | 2.59 (1.52 to 3.65) | 0.631 | 99 | 4.36 (3.52 to 5.20) | 38 | 4.47 (3.08 to 5.85) | 0.896 | 136 | 5.99 (5.01 to 6.96) | 50 | 5.88 (4.30 to 7.46) | 0.908 | 183 | 8.05 (6.94 to 9.17) | 68 | 7.99 (6.17 to 9.81) | 0.953 |
| Income less than €18 000 | 1333 | 3.42 (3.24 to 3.60) | 602 | 4.05 (3.73 to 4.36) | 0.001 | 2225 | 5.71 (5.48 to 5.94) | 940 | 6.32 (5.93 to 6.71) | 0.008 | 3300 | 8.48 (8.20 to 8.75) | 1333 | 8.96 (8.50 to 9.42) | 0.072 | 4517 | 11.60 (11.28 to 11.92) | 1754 | 11.79 (11.27 to 12.31) | 0.536 |
| Income between €18 000 and €100 000 | 313 | 2.83 (2.52 to 3.14) | 121 | 2.92 (2.41 to 3.44) | 0.757 | 512 | 4.63 (4.24 to 5.02) | 184 | 4.45 (3.82 to 5.07) | 0.632 | 725 | 6.56 (6.09 to 7.02) | 270 | 6.52 (5.77 to 7.28) | 0.946 | 959 | 8.67 (8.15 to 9.20) | 364 | 8.80 (7.93 to 9.66) | 0.807 |
| Income greater than €100 000 | 5 | 2.51 (0.34 to 4.69) | 2 | 2.17 (−0.81 to 5.15) | 0.861 | 8 | 4.02 (1.29 to 6.75) | 5 | 5.43 (0.80 to 10.07) | 0.587 | 13 | 6.53 (3.10 to 9.97) | 5 | 5.43 (0.80 to 10.07) | 0.718 | 15 | 7.54 (3.87 to 11.21) | 5 | 5.43 (0.80 to 10.07) | 0.510 |
| Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hip fracture | 64 | 0.98 (0.74 to 1.22) | 27 | 0.96 (0.60 to 1.32) | 0.915 | 158 | 2.42 (2.05 to 2.80) | 70 | 2.48 (1.91 to 3.06) | 0.862 | 306 | 4.69 (4.18 to 5.21) | 124 | 4.40 (3.64 to 5.16) | 0.535 | 498 | 7.64 (6.99 to 8.28) | 197 | 6.99 (6.05 to 7.93) | 0.274 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 100 | 2.15 (1.73 to 2.56) | 38 | 2.13 (1.46 to 2.81) | 0.974 | 151 | 3.24 (2.73 to 3.75) | 63 | 3.54 (2.68 to 4.40) | 0.553 | 218 | 4.68 (4.08 to 5.29) | 102 | 5.73 (4.65 to 6.81) | 0.084 | 304 | 6.53 (5.82 to 7.24) | 141 | 7.92 (6.67 to 9.18) | 0.049 |
| ST-elevation myocardial infarction | 126 | 4.02 (3.34 to 4.71) | 64 | 4.93 (3.75 to 6.10) | 0.177 | 172 | 5.49 (4.70 to 6.29) | 78 | 6.00 (4.71 to 7.30) | 0.502 | 230 | 7.35 (6.43 to 8.26) | 98 | 7.54 (6.11 to 8.98) | 0.818 | 270 | 8.62 (7.64 to 9.61) | 112 | 8.62 (7.10 to 10.15) | 0.999 |
| Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction | 53 | 1.96 (1.44 to 2.48) | 21 | 2.14 (1.23 to 3.04) | 0.733 | 96 | 3.55 (2.85 to 4.25) | 37 | 3.77 (2.58 to 4.96) | 0.754 | 145 | 5.36 (4.51 to 6.21) | 54 | 5.50 (4.07 to 6.92) | 0.871 | 191 | 7.06 (6.10 to 8.03) | 73 | 7.43 (5.79 to 9.07) | 0.700 |
| Heart failure | 480 | 3.10 (2.83 to 3.38) | 212 | 4.15 (3.61 to 4.70) | <0.001 | 851 | 5.50 (5.14 to 5.86) | 326 | 6.39 (5.72 to 7.06) | 0.018 | 1336 | 8.63 (8.19 to 9.08) | 482 | 9.44 (8.64 to 10.25) | 0.077 | 1933 | 12.49 (11.97 to 13.01) | 686 | 13.44 (12.50 to 14.38) | 0.078 |
| Stroke | 550 | 6.47 (5.95 to 7.00) | 258 | 7.42 (6.55 to 8.30) | 0.060 | 852 | 10.03 (9.39 to 10.67) | 385 | 11.08 (10.04 to 12.12) | 0.086 | 1135 | 13.36 (12.63 to 14.08) | 493 | 14.19 (13.03 to 15.35) | 0.229 | 1381 | 16.25 (15.47 to 17.04) | 590 | 16.98 (15.73 to 18.23) | 0.331 |
| Pneumonia | 344 | 2.99 (2.68 to 3.31) | 127 | 2.82 (2.34 to 3.31) | 0.564 | 564 | 4.91 (4.52 to 5.31) | 208 | 4.62 (4.01 to 5.24) | 0.448 | 804 | 7.00 (6.53 to 7.47) | 305 | 6.78 (6.05 to 7.52) | 0.624 | 1097 | 9.55 (9.01 to 10.09) | 392 | 8.71 (7.89 to 9.54) | 0.102 |
| AMG | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Healthy patient | 32 | 3.98 (2.63 to 5.32) | 13 | 4.19 (1.96 to 6.42) | 0.868 | 47 | 5.84 (4.22 to 7.46) | 18 | 5.81 (3.20 to 8.41) | 0.984 | 68 | 8.45 (6.53 to 10.37) | 26 | 8.39 (5.30 to 11.47) | 0.974 | 91 | 11.30 (9.12 to 13.49) | 34 | 10.97 (7.49 to 14.45) | 0.873 |
| Acute disorder | 13 | 1.77 (0.81 to 2.72) | 10 | 3.30 (1.29 to 5.31) | 0.127 | 23 | 3.13 (1.87 to 4.38) | 21 | 6.93 (4.07 to 9.79) | 0.006 | 45 | 6.11 (4.38 to 7.85) | 28 | 9.24 (5.98 to 12.50) | 0.073 | 62 | 8.42 (6.42 to 10.43) | 33 | 10.89 (7.38 to 14.40) | 0.210 |
| Chronic pathologies affecting 1 system | 49 | 2.89 (2.10 to 3.69) | 23 | 3.55 (2.13 to 4.98) | 0.408 | 80 | 4.73 (3.71 to 5.74) | 39 | 6.03 (4.19 to 7.86) | 0.200 | 122 | 7.21 (5.97 to 8.44) | 51 | 7.88 (5.81 to 9.96) | 0.576 | 169 | 9.98 (8.55 to 11.41) | 73 | 11.28 (8.84 to 13.72) | 0.355 |
| Chronic pathologies affecting 2–3 systems | 188 | 3.23 (2.77 to 3.68) | 82 | 3.70 (2.91 to 4.48) | 0.298 | 309 | 5.30 (4.73 to 5.88) | 123 | 5.54 (4.59 to 6.50) | 0.672 | 455 | 7.81 (7.12 to 8.50) | 176 | 7.93 (6.81 to 9.06) | 0.858 | 614 | 10.54 (9.75 to 11.33) | 228 | 10.27 (9.01 to 11.54) | 0.728 |
| Chronic pathologies affecting >3 systems | 1121 | 3.43 (3.24 to 3.63) | 472 | 3.82 (3.48 to 4.16) | 0.048 | 1836 | 5.62 (5.37 to 5.87) | 719 | 5.82 (5.40 to 6.23) | 0.428 | 2659 | 8.14 (7.85 to 8.44) | 1020 | 8.25 (7.77 to 8.74) | 0.708 | 3612 | 11.06 (10.72 to 11.40) | 1368 | 11.07 (10.51 to 11.62) | 0.988 |
| Births and pregnancies | 1 | 2.08 (0 to 6.12) | 1 | 5.56 (0 to 16.14) | 0.464 | 4 | 8.33 (0.51 to 16.15) | 1 | 5.56 (−5.03 to 16.14) | 0.704 | 7 | 14.58 (4.60 to 24.57) | 1 | 5.56 (0 to 16.14) | 0.317 | 8 | 16.67 (6.12 to 27.21) | 1 | 5.56 (0 to 16.14) | 0.241 |
| Active neoplasia | 305 | 2.95 (2.62 to 3.28) | 144 | 3.65 (3.06 to 4.23) | 0.032 | 531 | 5.14 (4.71 to 5.56) | 241 | 6.11 (5.36 to 6.85) | 0.022 | 793 | 7.67 (7.16 to 8.18) | 348 | 8.82 (7.93 to 9.70) | 0.024 | 1077 | 10.42 (9.83 to 11.01) | 442 | 11.20 (10.21 to 12.18) | 0.175 |
| Hospital level | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High-tech public hospital | 485 | 3.33 (3.04 to 3.63) | 187 | 3.44 (2.96 to 3.93) | 0.709 | 817 | 5.62 (5.24 to 5.99) | 304 | 5.59 (4.98 to 6.20) | 0.952 | 1191 | 8.19 (7.74 to 8.63) | 442 | 8.13 (7.41 to 8.86) | 0.902 | 1634 | 11.23 (10.72 to 11.74) | 592 | 10.89 (10.06 to 11.72) | 0.498 |
| Monographic high-tech public hospital | 8 | 2.60 (0.82 to 4.37) | 3 | 2.34 (0 to 4.96) | 0.878 | 14 | 4.55 (2.22 to 6.87) | 7 | 5.47 (1.53 to 9.41) | 0.682 | 22 | 7.14 (4.27 to 10.02) | 9 | 7.03 (2.60 to 11.46) | 0.967 | 26 | 8.44 (5.34 to 11.55) | 10 | 7.81 (3.16 to 12.46) | 0.828 |
| High-resolution public hospital | 341 | 3.48 (3.12 to 3.84) | 123 | 3.37 (2.79 to 3.96) | 0.759 | 523 | 5.34 (4.89 to 5.78) | 212 | 5.81 (5.05 to 6.57) | 0.283 | 770 | 7.86 (7.32 to 8.39) | 296 | 8.11 (7.23 to 9.00) | 0.626 | 1044 | 10.65 (10.04 to 11.26) | 401 | 10.99 (9.97 to 12.00) | 0.574 |
| Reference public hospital | 506 | 3.29 (3.01 to 3.57) | 257 | 4.34 (3.82 to 4.86) | <0.001 | 846 | 5.50 (5.14 to 5.86) | 372 | 6.28 (5.66 to 6.90) | 0.029 | 1215 | 7.91 (7.48 to 8.33) | 514 | 8.68 (7.96 to 9.40) | 0.064 | 1616 | 10.51 (10.03 to 11.00) | 673 | 11.36 (10.56 to 12.17) | 0.073 |
| Regional public hospital | 349 | 3.01 (2.70 to 3.33) | 163 | 3.65 (3.10 to 4.20) | 0.040 | 591 | 5.11 (4.70 to 5.51) | 247 | 5.53 (4.86 to 6.20) | 0.277 | 899 | 7.77 (7.28 to 8.25) | 362 | 8.11 (7.31 to 8.91) | 0.471 | 1256 | 10.85 (10.28 to 11.42) | 467 | 10.46 (9.56 to 11.36) | 0.474 |
| Isolated public hospital | 28 | 3.23 (2.06 to 4.41) | 14 | 3.91 (1.90 to 5.92) | 0.554 | 53 | 6.12 (4.52 to 7.72) | 25 | 6.98 (4.34 to 9.62) | 0.574 | 77 | 8.89 (7.00 to 10.79) | 35 | 9.78 (6.70 to 12.85) | 0.625 | 98 | 11.32 (9.21 to 13.43) | 48 | 13.41 (9.88 to 16.94) | 0.304 |
| Origin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home or nursing home | 856 | 3.25 (3.04 to 3.46) | 357 | 3.57 (3.20 to 3.93) | 0.134 | 1380 | 5.24 (4.97 to 5.51) | 564 | 5.63 (5.18 to 6.08) | 0.136 | 2060 | 7.82 (7.50 to 8.15) | 823 | 8.22 (7.68 to 8.76) | 0.208 | 2847 | 10.81 (10.43 to 11.18) | 1090 | 10.89 (10.28 to 11.50) | 0.830 |
| Primary care | 93 | 3.87 (3.10 to 4.64) | 33 | 3.85 (2.56 to 5.14) | 0.978 | 157 | 6.54 (5.55 to 7.52) | 50 | 5.83 (4.27 to 7.40) | 0.469 | 208 | 8.66 (7.53 to 9.78) | 62 | 7.23 (5.50 to 8.97) | 0.194 | 288 | 11.99 (10.69 to 13.29) | 94 | 10.97 (8.88 to 13.06) | 0.425 |
| Other hospital | 132 | 3.57 (2.97 to 4.17) | 55 | 3.81 (2.83 to 4.80) | 0.673 | 215 | 5.81 (5.06 to 6.57) | 92 | 6.38 (5.12 to 7.64) | 0.440 | 303 | 8.19 (7.31 to 9.08) | 127 | 8.81 (7.34 to 10.27) | 0.474 | 402 | 10.87 (9.86 to 11.87) | 155 | 10.75 (9.15 to 12.35) | 0.902 |
| Unit or service of the same hospital | 636 | 3.18 (2.93 to 3.42) | 302 | 3.95 (3.51 to 4.39) | 0.001 | 1092 | 5.45 (5.14 to 5.77) | 461 | 6.03 (5.50 to 6.56) | 0.062 | 1603 | 8.01 (7.63 to 8.38) | 646 | 8.45 (7.83 to 9.07) | 0.226 | 2136 | 10.67 (10.24 to 11.09) | 852 | 11.14 (10.44 to 11.85) | 0.253 |
| Primary care emergency in the last 24 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 72 | 3.58 (2.77 to 4.39) | 35 | 4.42 (2.99 to 5.86) | 0.295 | 103 | 5.12 (4.16 to 6.09) | 52 | 6.57 (4.85 to 8.30) | 0.131 | 149 | 7.41 (6.27 to 8.56) | 76 | 9.61 (7.55 to 11.66) | 0.054 | 203 | 10.10 (8.78 to 11.42) | 102 | 12.90 (10.56 to 15.23) | 0.033 |
| No | 1645 | 3.26 (3.11 to 3.41) | 712 | 3.71 (3.45 to 3.98) | 0.003 | 2741 | 5.43 (5.23 to 5.63) | 1115 | 5.82 (5.49 to 6.15) | 0.047 | 4025 | 7.98 (7.74 to 8.21) | 1582 | 8.25 (7.86 to 8.64) | 0.229 | 5471 | 10.84 (10.57 to 11.11) | 2089 | 10.90 (10.46 to 11.34) | 0.828 |
| MES in the last 24 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1088 | 3.23 (3.04 to 3.42) | 468 | 3.66 (3.34 to 3.99) | 0.020 | 1816 | 5.39 (5.14 to 5.63) | 738 | 5.77 (5.37 to 6.18) | 0.101 | 2658 | 7.88 (7.59 to 8.17) | 1069 | 8.36 (7.88 to 8.84) | 0.089 | 3587 | 10.64 (10.31 to 10.97) | 1405 | 10.99 (10.45 to 11.53) | 0.271 |
| No | 629 | 3.35 (3.10 to 3.61) | 279 | 3.89 (3.44 to 4.34) | 0.036 | 1028 | 5.48 (5.16 to 5.81) | 429 | 5.98 (5.43 to 6.53) | 0.120 | 1516 | 8.09 (7.70 to 8.48) | 589 | 8.21 (7.57 to 8.85) | 0.743 | 2087 | 11.13 (10.68 to 11.58) | 786 | 10.96 (10.23 to 11.68) | 0.688 |
| Hospital emergency in the last 24 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1589 | 3.29 (3.13 to 3.44) | 685 | 3.72 (3.45 to 3.99) | 0.006 | 2621 | 5.42 (5.22 to 5.62) | 1067 | 5.79 (5.46 to 6.13) | 0.058 | 3855 | 7.97 (7.73 to 8.21) | 1528 | 8.30 (7.90 to 8.69) | 0.166 | 5234 | 10.82 (10.54 to 11.10) | 2019 | 10.96 (10.51 to 11.41) | 0.599 |
| No | 128 | 3.12 (2.59 to 3.66) | 62 | 4.03 (3.05 to 5.01) | 0.093 | 223 | 5.44 (4.75 to 6.13) | 100 | 6.50 (5.27 to 7.73) | 0.128 | 319 | 7.78 (6.96 to 8.60) | 130 | 8.45 (7.06 to 9.84) | 0.412 | 440 | 10.73 (9.79 to 11.68) | 172 | 11.18 (9.60 to 12.75) | 0.635 |
*P value corresponds to a test of proportions.
AMG, Adjusted Morbidity Group; MES, Medical Emergencies Service; PNC, unremarkable pension; RAI, active insertion income; RMI, minimum insertion income.