Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery

Table 4 Analysis of survival difference between MET and control period for patients undergoing major surgery

	Hospital discharge^a	1 year	2 years	3 years	4.1 years
Deaths control period	73	195	271	337	382
Deaths MET period	45	133	189	239	303
OR for death	0.57	0.68	0.70	0.71	0.77
95% CI	0.39–0.84	0.55–0.85	0.58–0.84	0.60–0.84	0.64–0.91
P value	0.004	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.003

^aAs per original publication [10]. CI, confidence interval; MET, medical emergency team; OR, odds ratio.

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