Table 5 Univariate outcomes by admission quartiles
Variable | Level | Total (n = 1075) | Q1 21.2–37.7% (n = 254) | Q2 47.1–55.7% (n = 158) | Q3 60.0–64.7% (n = 350) | Q4 69.0–81.7% (n = 313) | Main effects p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Admitted to hospital for > 24 h within 30 days | |||||||
| Â | No | 790 (73%) | 191 (75%) | 125 (79%) | 249 (71%) | 225 (72%) | Â |
Yes | 274 (25%) | 55 (22%) | 33 (21%) | 100 (29%) | 86 (27%) | Â | |
Missing | 11 (1%) | 8 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 2 (1%) | 0.108 | |
Admitted to hospital for > 24 h within 30 days OR died within 30 days | |||||||
| Â | No | 719 (67%) | 174 (69%) | 118 (75%) | 228 (65%) | 199 (64%) | Â |
Yes | 312 (29%) | 63 (25%) | 38 (24%) | 112 (32%) | 99 (32%) | Â | |
Missing | 44 (4%) | 17 (7%) | 2 (1%) | 10 (3%) | 15 (5%) | 0.011 | |
Return to ED within 30Â days | |||||||
| Â | No | 778 (72%) | 187 (74%) | 119 (75%) | 249 (71%) | 223 (71%) | Â |
Yes | 286 (27%) | 59 (23%) | 39 (25%) | 100 (29%) | 88 (28%) | Â | |
Missing | 11 (1%) | 8 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 2 (1%) |  < 0.001 | |
30-day mortality | |||||||
 Note, unknown was set to missing prior to running the analyses | No | 965 (90%) | 222 (87%) | 150 (95%) | 318 (91%) | 275 (88%) |  |
| Â | Unknown | 37 (3%) | 10 (4%) | 2 (1%) | 10 (3%) | 15 (5%) | Â |
Yes | 62 (6%) | 14 (6%) | 6 (4%) | 21 (6%) | 21 (7%) | Â | |
Missing | 11 (1%) | 8 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 2 (1%) | 0.062 | |