Retrospective observational study of emergency admission, readmission and the ‘weekend effect’

OBJECTIVES: Excess mortality following weekend hospital admission has been observed but not explained. As readmissions have greater age, comorbidity and social deprivation, outcomes following emergency index admission and readmission were examined for temporal and demographic associations to confirm...

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Autores principales: Shiue, Ivy, McMeekin, Peter, Price, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28255092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012493

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28255092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012493

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