Table 5 Crude and age- and sex standardized 30-day mortality rates for variation in discharge and for the six different triage colors among patients by time of admission to the emergency department
The patient’s last visit to the ED (21,736) | Weekday (From 7.00 am on Monday to 2.59 p.m. on Friday) | Weekend (From 3.00 p.m. on Friday to 6.59 a.m. on Monday) | |||||||||
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Daytime (7.00 a.m. – 2.59 p.m.) | Evening (3.00 p.m. – 10.59 p.m.) | Nighttime (11.00 p.m. – 6.59 a.m.) | Daytime (7.00 a.m. – 2.59 p.m.) | Evening (3.00 p.m. – 10.59 p.m.) | Nighttime (11.00 p.m. – 6.59 a.m.) | ||||||
Reference | Crude (%) | Adj. % (95% CI) | Crude (%) | Adj. % (95% CI) | Crude (%) | Adj. % (95% CI) | Crude (%) | Adj. % (95% CI) | Crude (%) | Adj. % (95% CI) | |
Overall | 2.8 (2.4–3.1) | 3.0 | 3.4 (2.9–4.0) | 3.6 | 3.6 (2.5–4.7) | 3.4 | 3.2 (2.5–3.9) | 3.3 | 3.7 (3.1–4.4) | 3.5 | 4.5 (3.3–5.6) |
Discharge | |||||||||||
Discharged from the ED | 0.9 (0.6–1.1) | 1.0 | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) | 1.5 | 1.7 (0.7–2.8) | 1.2 | 1.1 (0.6–1.6) | 0.9 | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 1.5 | 2.1 (1.0–3.1) |
Discharged from another department | 7.1 (6.2–8.1) | 7.9 | 7.9 (6.5–9.4) | 7.1 | 6.8 (4.3–9.2) | 8.5 | 7.8 (6.0–9.7) | 9.0 | 9.3 (7.6–11.0) | 9.0 | 9.2 (6.4–12.0) |
Triage missing | 1.8 (1.4–2.3) | 2.5 | 2.7 (1.8–3.7) | 5.1 | 5.3 (2.5–8.1) | 3.5 | 2.2 (1.3–3.2) | 3.1 | 3.1 (2.0–4.2) | 4.6 | 5.8 (2.9–8.8) |
Triage 5 (blue) | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.3 | 0.4 (0.0–0.7) | 0 | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.3 | 0.3 (0.0–0.7) | 0 | 0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.3 | 0.6 (0.0–1.7) |
Triage 4 (green) | 2.8 (2.2–3.4) | 2.8 | 3.1 (2.1–4.1) | 2.4 | 2.8 (1.0–4.6) | 2.4 | 2.4 (1.2–3.6) | 2.9 | 3.3 (2.1–4.4) | 2.6 | 3.8 (1.8–5.7) |
Triage 3 (yellow) | 6.7 (5.1–8.4) | 6.2 | 6.4 (4.3–8.5) | 5.4 | 5.8 (2.1–9.6) | 8.8 | 7.2 (4.2–10.2) | 5.7 | 6.4 (4.0–8.8) | 3.9 | 4.9 (1.4–8.3) |
Triage 2 (orange) | 15.0 (10.8–19.2) | 15.4 | 18.6 (11.6–25.7) | 8.9 | 8.5 (1.4–15.7) | 20.0 | 21.3 (10.6–32.1) | 18.1 | 19.7 (12.9–26.4) | 11.3 | 19.3 (8.2–30.3) |
Triage 1 (red) | 20.5 (13.7–27.4) | 18.5 | 22.0 (0-.) | 16.0 | 20.8 (4.3–37.4) | 12.5 | 9.4 (1.4–17.4) | 33.3 | 39.3 (26.3–52.2) | 29.2 | 37.6 (0-.) |