Weekend admissions as an independent predictor of mortality: an analysis of Scottish hospital admissions

OBJECTIVES: Weekend admissions have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of mortality compared with weekday admissions for many diagnoses. We analysed emergency department admissions within the Scottish National Health Service to investigate whether mortality is increased in case of we...

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Autores principales: Handel, Adam E, Patel, Sunil V, Skingsley, Andrew, Bramley, Katrina, Sobieski, Roma, Ramagopalan, Sreeram V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2012
Materias:
Health Policy
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23135542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001789

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23135542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001789

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