Arrival by ambulance explains variation in mortality by time of admission: retrospective study of admissions to hospital following emergency department attendance in England

BACKGROUND: Studies finding higher mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital at weekends rely on routine administrative data to adjust for risk of death, but these data may not adequately capture severity of illness. We examined how rates of patient arrival at accident and emergency (A&E...

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Autores principales: Anselmi, Laura, Meacock, Rachel, Kristensen, Søren Rud, Doran, Tim, Sutton, Matt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005680

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005680

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