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Bion J, Aldridge C, Beet C, et al. Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to improve outcomes for patients undergoing emergency hospital admission: the HiSLAC two-phase mixed-methods study. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2021 Jul. (Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 9.13.)

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Appendix 17Characteristics of study population compared with background population

CharacteristicsCase notes review data, n (%)All trusts/hospitals data,a n (%)
TotalWeekendWeekdayTotalWeekendWeekday
Total, N4000200020005,818,4301,411,3944,407,036
Age
Mean (SD)61 (22.310)62 (22.379)61 (22.271)61 (22.350)61 (22.780)61 (22.190)
Median (IQR)65 (43–81)66 (44–81)64 (42–80)65 (43–80)66 (43–81)65 (43–80)
Gender, n (%)
Male1869 (46.7)938 (46.9)931 (46.6)2,639,489 (45.4)645,166 (45.7)1,994,323 (45.3)
Female2131 (53.3)1062 (53.1)1069 (53.5)3,178,941 (54.6)766,228 (54.3)2,412,713 (54.7)
Ethnicity, n (%)
White3140 (78.5)1584 (79.2)1556 (77.8)4,918,775 (84.5)1,191,464 (84.4)3,727,311 (84.6)
Non-white818 (20.5)396 (19.8)422 (21.1)526,384 (9.0)128,736 (9.1)397,648 (9.0)
Unknown42 (1.1)20 (1.0)22 (1.1)373,271 (6.4)91,194 (6.5)282,077 (6.4)
Top five primary discharge diagnoses (SHMI grouping), n (%)
Non-specific chest pain227 (5.7)116 (5.8)111 (5.6)326,876 (5.6)72,314 (5.1)254,562 (5.8)
Pneumonia (excluding TB/STD)186 (4.7)105 (5.3)81 (4.1)322,014 (5.5)85,643 (6.1)236,371 (5.4)
Urinary tract infections176 (4.4)100 (5.0)76 (3.8)235,612 (4.0)64,076 (4.5)171,536 (3.9)
Abdominal pain156 (3.9)70 (3.5)86 (4.3)243,013 (4.2)54,697 (3.9)188,316 (4.3)
COPD and bronchiectasis128 (3.2)67 (3.4)61 (3.1)193,168 (3.3)48,288 (3.4)144,880 (3.3)
Other3127 (78.2)1542 (77.1)1585 (79.3)4,497,747 (77.3)1,086,376 (77.0)3,411,371 (77.4)
Length of stay (days)
Median (IQR)2 (0–5)2 (0–5)1 (0–4)1 (0–5)2 (0–5)1 (0–5)
Z-LOS, n (%)
1107 (27.7)512 (25.6)595 (29.8)1,739,129 (29.9)388,274 (27.5)1,350,757 (30.7)
In-hospital mortality, n (%)
Died168 (4.2)90 (4.5)78 (3.9)239,719 (4.1)63,372 (4.5)176,281 (4.0)

STD, sexually transmitted disease; TB, tuberculosis.

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From HES, of those trusts who participated in HiSLAC specialty intensity prevalence survey from 2014 to 2018 financial years.

Copyright © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2021. This work was produced by Bion et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK.
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