Research Article
Examination of Impact of After-Hours Admissions on Hospital Resource Use, Patient Outcomes, and Costs
Table 3
Multiple regression analysis between time of admission and mortality and total ICU costs.
| Factors | In-hospital mortality | Total ICU costs | | OR (95% CI) | value | βcoefficient (95% CI) | value |
| Age | 1.03 (1.03–1.03) | | −71.99 (−120.93–−23.05) | | Gender | | | | | Male | REF | | | | Female | 1.13 (1.03–1.24) | | −337.62 (−1942.5–1267.25) | | Elixhauser score | 1.05 (1.04–1.05) | | 320.05 (186.81–453.28) | | Time of admission | | | | | 0800–1659 | REF | | REF | | 1700–0759 | 0.94 (0.85–1.04) | | −1508.06 (−3234.73–218.60) | | Most responsible diagnosis | | | | | Circulatory | REF | | | | Digestive | 1.29 (1.08–1.55) | | 2372.13 (−801.45–5545.71) | | Infectious | 1.58 (1.34–1.86) | | 10044.43 (7105.94–12982.92) | | Injury/poisoning | 0.96 (0.81–1.13) | | 977.39 (−1724.40–3679.19) | | Neoplasm | 1.11 (0.91–1.36) | | 2695.91 (−812.66–6204.49) | | Other | 0.94 (0.81–1.09) | | −2275.01 (−4705.19–155.17) | | Respiratory | 1.47 (1.25–1.73) | | 12314.44 (9479.94–15148.94) | | MODS | 1.23 (1.20–1.25) | | −262.81 (−611.48–85.85) | | Dialysis | | | | | No | REF | | | | Yes | 0.89 (0.77–1.02) | | 28243.37 (25596.64–30890.10) | | Invasive mechanical ventilation | | | | | No | REF | | | | Yes | 1.93 (1.72–2.17) | | 21641.66 (19701.09–23582.24) | |
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