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The magnitude and mechanisms of the weekend effect in hospital admissions: A protocol for a mixed methods review incorporating a systematic review and framework synthesis

BACKGROUND: Growing literature has demonstrated that patients admitted to hospital during weekends tend to have less favourable outcomes, including increased mortality, compared with similar patients admitted during weekdays. Major policy interventions such as the 7-day services programme in the UK...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yen-Fu, Boyal, Amunpreet, Sutton, Elizabeth, Armoiry, Xavier, Watson, Samuel, Bion, Julian, Tarrant, Carolyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4875695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27209320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0260-2