Do hospitals have a higher mortality rate on weekend admissions? An observational study to analyse weekend effect on urgent admissions to hospitals in Catalonia

BACKGROUND: ‘Weekend effect’ is a term used to describe the increased mortality associated with weekend emergency admissions to hospital, in contrast with admission on weekdays. The objective of the present study is to determine whether the weekend effect is present in hospitals in Catalonia. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Amigo, Franco, Dalmau-Bueno, Albert, García-Altés, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8634026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34845065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047836

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8634026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34845065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047836

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