Variations in mortality across the week following emergency admission to hospital: linked retrospective observational analyses of hospital episode data in England, 2004/5 to 2013/14

• Main Authors: Lu Han (Author), Rachel Meacock (Author), Laura Anselmi (Author), Søren R Kristensen (Author), Matt Sutton (Author), Tim Doran (Author), Stuart Clough (Author), Maxine Power (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Patients admitted to hospital outside normal working hours suffer higher complication and mortality rates than patients admitted at times when the hospital is fully operational. This 'weekend effect' is well described but poorly understood. It is not clear whether or not the ef...