The influence of the day of the week of hospital admission on the prognosis of stroke patients

• Main Authors: Juliana B. Barros (Author), Alessandra Carvalho Goulart (Author), Airlane P. Alencar (Author), Paulo A. Lotufo (Author), Isabela M. Bensenor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to evaluate the weekday and weekend distribution of stroke case hospital admissions and their respective prognosis based on a sample from the Estudo de Mortalidade e Morbidade do Acidente Vascular Cerebral (EMMA), a cohort of stroke patients admitted to a community hospital in the c...