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The ‘weekend effect’ in acute medicine: a protocol for a team-based ethnography of weekend care for medical patients in acute hospital settings
INTRODUCTION: It is now well-recognised that patients admitted to hospital on weekends are at higher risk of death than those admitted during weekdays. However, the causes of this ‘weekend effect’ are poorly understood. Some contend that there is a deficit of medical staff on weekends resulting in p...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Open
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5719649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28385913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016755 |