Distribution of cases performed during various periods according to booking priority and acute care surgery site operating room access
| Booking priority; access | No. of cases (and % of total) according to operative timing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Daytime | Evening | Weekend | Overnight | p value | |
| Overall | ||||||
| ACS site with dedicated daytime OR | 471 (37.9) | 198 (42.0) | 113 (24.0) | 121 (25.7) | 39 (8.3) | 0.009 |
| ACS site without dedicated daytime OR | 773 (62.1) | 323 (41.8) | 166 (21.5) | 172 (22.2) | 112 (14.5) | |
| > 2–8 h | ||||||
| ACS site with dedicated daytime OR | 271 (41.2) | 85 (31.4) | 73 (26.9) | 77 (28.4) | 36 (13.3) | 0.06 |
| ACS site without dedicated daytime OR | 386 (58.8) | 139 (36.0) | 102 (26.4) | 78 (20.2) | 67 (17.4) | |
| > 8–24 h | ||||||
| ACS site with dedicated daytime OR | 148 (44.3) | 81 (54.7) | 35 (23.6) | 29 (19.6) | 3 (2.0) | < 0.001 |
| ACS site without dedicated daytime OR | 186 (55.7) | 83 (44.6) | 27 (14.5) | 43 (23.1) | 33 (17.7) | |
| > 24–48 h | ||||||
| ACS site with dedicated daytime OR | 52 (20.6) | 32 (61.5) | 5 (9.6) | 15 (28.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.1 |
| ACS site without dedicated daytime OR | 201 (79.4) | 101 (50.2) | 37 (18.4) | 51 (25.4) | 12 (6.0) | |
ACS = acute care surgery; OR = operating room.