From: Examining the weekend effect across ICU performance metrics
Week, N(%) | Weekend, N (%) | P (effect size) | |
Age | |||
62 ± 18 years | 59 ± 20 years | <.001 (0.15) | |
Sex | |||
Male | 6863 (57) | 2485 (57) | 0.76 (0.002) |
Female | 5197 (43) | 1861 (43) | |
Ethnicity | |||
White | 8264 (68) | 2881 (66) | 0.01 (0.03) |
Black/African American | 961 (8) | 335 (8) | |
Hispanic/Latino | 434 (4) | 169 (4) | |
Asian | 284 (2) | 104 (2) | |
Other | 335 (3) | 159 (4) | |
Unknown | 1782 (15) | 698 (16) | |
Time of day | |||
12:00 AM - 7:59 AM | 2375 (19) | 1172 (27) | <.001 (0.08) |
8:00 AM - 5:59 PM | 5015 (42) | 1624 (37) | |
6:00 PM - 11:59 PM | 4670 (39) | 1550 (36) | |
Direct ICU admit? | |||
Yes | 8668 (72) | 3298 (76) | <.001 (0.04) |
No | 3392 (28) | 1048 (24) | |
Diagnosis | |||
Diseases of the circulatory system | 4287 (36) | 1205 (28) | <.001 (0.10) |
Injury and poisoning | 2543 (21) | 1184 (27) | |
Diseases of the digestive system | 1155 (10) | 468 (11) | |
Infectious and parasitic diseases | 968 (8) | 416 (10) | |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 1044 (9) | 376 (9) | |
Endocrine/nutritional diseases* | 358 (3) | 144 (3) | |
Neoplasms | 532 (4) | 137 (3) | |
Mental Illness | 299 (2) | 137 (3) | |
Diseases of the nervous system* | 313 (3) | 111 (2) | |
Genitourinary system diseases | 228 (2) | 75 (2) | |
Ill-defined conditions* | 79 (< 1) | 29 (< 1) | |
Diseases of the blood* | 46 (< 1) | 18 (< 1) | |
Musculoskeletal system diseases* | 84 (< 1) | 17 (< 1) | |
Diseases of the skin* | 40 (< 1) | 10 (< 1) | |
Complications of pregnancy* | 30 (< 1) | 10 (< 1) | |
Congenital anomalies | 41 (< 1) | 8 (< 1) | |
Residual codes | 13 (< 1) | 1 (< 1) | |
OASIS severity score (min, med, max) | |||
(0.65, 9.78, 92.38) | (0.65, 9.78, 94.0) | 0.49 (0.01) | |
Service | |||
Medical | 7896 (65) | 2897 (67) | <.001 (0.09) |
Surgical | 2875 (24) | 766 (18) | |
Trauma | 1160 (10) | 630 (14) | |
Other | 129 (1) | 53 (1) |