Results from our time-series regression analyses analysing whether delayed discharges were associated with the total number of deaths
| Coefficient | Lower CI | Upper CI | |
| (A) Outcome: total number of deaths | |||
| Exposure: total number of days patients were late being discharged | |||
| Acute admissions | 0.394 | 0.220 | 0.569 |
| Non-acute admissions | −0.244 | −0.433 | −0.056 |
| SAR1 | −0.468 | −0.720 | −0.215 |
| Drift | −238.806 | −372.365 | −105.248 |
| AIC | 1060.67 | ||
| (B) Outcome: total number of deaths | |||
| Exposure: total number of patients who were late being discharged | |||
| Acute admissions | 7.322 | 1.754 | 12.890 |
| Non-acute admissions | −6.020 | −12.025 | −0.015 |
| SAR1 | −0.495 | −0.738 | −0.252 |
| Drift | −118.677 | −252.577 | 15.224 |
| AIC | 1071.46 | ||
| (C) Outcome: mortality rate (per 100 000) | |||
| Exposure: total number of days patients were late being discharged | |||
| Acute admissions | 0.0007 | 0.0003 | 0.0011 |
| Non-acute admissions | −0.0005 | −0.0010 | 0.0001 |
| SAR1 | −0.4648 | −0.7208 | −0.2087 |
| Drift | −0.4845 | −0.7401 | −0.2290 |
| AIC | 356.45 | ||
| (D) Outcome: mortality rate (per 100 000) | |||
| Exposure: total number of patients who were late being discharged | |||
| Acute admissions | 0.013 | 0.003 | 0.024 |
| Non-acute admissions | −0.011 | −0.022 | 0.000 |
| SAR1 | −0.494 | −0.737 | −0.251 |
| Drift | −0.264 | −0.513 | −0.016 |
| AIC | 366.92 | ||
AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; SAR1, Seasonal AutoRegressive coefficient of order 1 .