Severity of illness and the weekend mortality effect: a retrospective cohort study

• Asıl Yazarlar: Eric Bressman (Yazar), John C. Rowland (Yazar), Vinh-tung Nguyen (Yazar), Beth G. Raucher (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Abstract Background Weekend admission to the hospital has been found to be associated with higher in-hospital mortality rates, but the cause for this phenomenon remains controversial. US based studies have been limited in their characterization of the weekend patient population, making it difficult...