Is there a weekend effect in hip fracture patients presenting to a United Kingdom teaching hospital?

Table 2 Time-to-surgery and mortality and of patients admitted with hip fracture, grouped and compared by time of week

Outcome variable	Classification	Time of week
		Weekday	Weekend
Time to surgery	< 36 h	334	138
(n = 796)	> 36 h	233	91
	(%< 36 h) P > 0.05	(58.90%)	(60.30%)
30-d mortality	No	548	224
(n = 816)	Yes	33	11
	(%Yes) P > 0.05	(5.70%)	(4.70%)
120-d mortality	No	497	207
(n = 816)	Yes	84	28
	(%Yes) P > 0.05	(14.50%)	(13.50%)