Table 2 Number of patients and crude hospital mortality in studies in which outcomes were assessed for nighttime versus daytime discharge
First author/publication year | Total number of patients discharged | Discharged during daytime, n (%) | Discharged during nighttime, n (%) | Crude hospital mortality among patients discharged during daytime, % | Crude hospital mortality among patients discharged during nighttime, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Santamaria et al./2015 [15] | 10,211 | 8539 (83.6) | 1672 (16.4) | 4.8 | 7.4 |
Azevedo et al./2015 [31] | 19,622 | 16,117 (82.1) | 3505 (17.9) | 8.8 | 11.8 |
Gantner et al./2014 [30] | 710,535 | 601,151 (84.6) | 109,384 (15.4) | 3.6 | 6.4 |
Laupland et al./2011 [29] | 5992 | 5333 (89.0) | 659 (11.0) | 5 | 9 |
Singh et al./2010 [10] | 1871 | 1221 (65.3) | 650 (34.7) | 10.1 | 13.7 |
Hanane et al./2008 [13] | 11,659 | 11,241 (96.4) | 418 (3.6) | 4.5 | 5.3 |
Laupland et al./2008 [12] | 17,864 | 14,151 (79.2) | 3713 (20.8) | 5 | 12 |
Pilcher et al./2007 [9] | 76,690 | 62,704 (81.8) | 13,986 (18.2) | 5.3 | 8 |
Tobin et al./2006 [8] | 10,903 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Priestap et al./2006 [11] | 47,062 | 42,290 (89.9) | 4772 (10.1) | 9 | 11.8 |
Duke et al./2004 [7] | 1870 | 1578 (84.0) | 292 (16.0) | 4.3 | 8.2 |
Uusaro et al./2003 [14] | 20,623 | 16,952 (82.2) | 3671 (17.8) | 9.8 | 11.5 |
Beck et al./2002 [6] | 1654 | 1351 (81.7) | 303 (18.3) | 11.2 | 18.8 |
Goldfrad et al./2000 [5] | 16,756 | 15,747 (94.0) | 1009 (6.0) | 13 | 18.1 |