The influence of the day of the week of hospital admission on the prognosis of stroke patients Influencia del día de la semana de admisión hospitalaria en el pronóstico de pacientes con accidente vascular cerebral O dia da semana de admissão hospitalar influenciando o prognóstico de pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral

• Main Authors: Paulo A. Lotufo (Author), Airlane P. Alencar (Author), Alessandra Carvalho Goulart (Author), Juliana B. Barros (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...