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Comparing mortality risk of patients with acute hip fractures admitted to a major trauma centre on a weekday or weekend
Proximal femoral fractures are a major public health concern with estimated annual direct and social costs amounting to £2 billion and average 30-day mortality risk of 7.5%. In response to the recent debate over out-of-hours hospital provision we investigated the ‘weekend effect’ at a major trauma c...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5430676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28450739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01308-z |