All cases | Emergent | Non-emergent | |||||
2011–13 | 2014–16 | 2011–13 | 2014–16 | 2011–13 | 2014–16 | ||
All sites | n | 12 268 | 11 172 | 1596 | 1502 | 10 672 | 9670 |
Transfused % | 6.4% | 4.8%*** | 16.6% | 11.5%*** | 4.9% | 3.7%*** | |
Hospital A | n | 3579 | 3140 | 641 | 548 | 2938 | 2592 |
Transfused % | 7.5% | 5.2%*** | 17.5% | 13.7% | 5.3% | 3.4%*** | |
Hospital B | n | 4450 | 4442 | 520 | 658 | 3930 | 3784 |
Transfused % | 7.9% | 4.3%*** | 21.0% | 9.4%*** | 6.2% | 3.4%*** | |
Hospital C | n | 4239 | 3590 | 435 | 296 | 3804 | 3294 |
Transfused % | 4.0% | 5.0%* | 10.1% | 11.8% | 3.3% | 4.4%* |
*P<0.05; ***p<0.001 (change in period 2 was statistically significant).