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

• প্রধান লেখক: Lu Han (লেখক), Rachel Meacock (লেখক), Laura Anselmi (লেখক), Søren R Kristensen (লেখক), Matt Sutton (লেখক), Tim Doran (লেখক), Stuart Clough (লেখক), Maxine Power (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: National Institute for Health Research, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: 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...