Table 2

Process and outcome measures in relation to admission time category

MeasureAll eligible patients (n=52 276)Weekday (n=21 285)Weeknight (n=15 705)Weekend/holiday (n=15 286)
Brain scan on day 0 or 143 141 (82.5)18 403 (86.5)12 914 (82.2)11 824 (77.4)
Stroke unit admission on day 0 or 132 559 (62.3)14 329 (67.3)9573 (61.0)8657 (56.6)
Swallow screen on day 038 513 (73.7)16 191 (76.1)11 264 (71.7)11 058 (72.3)
7-day all-cause mortality2674 (5.1)970 (4.6)822 (5.2)882 (5.8)
7-day stroke mortality1850 (3.5)677 (3.2)575 (3.7)598 (3.9)
30-day all-cause mortality6494 (12.4)2493 (11.7)1948 (12.4)2053 (13.4)
30-day stroke mortality4164 (8.0)1604 (7.5)1261 (8.0)1299 (8.5)
365-day all-cause mortality14 017 (28.0)5542 (27.4)4252 (28.2)4223 (28.8)
365-day stroke mortality6756 (13.5)2639 (13.0)2056 (13.6)2061 (14.0)
30-day discharge home/usual place of residence28 387 (54.3)12 032 (57.0)8438 (53.7)7917 (51.8)
  • Values are numbers (percentages) of column totals of patients.