Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-157

  Cram, Peter ^a   Hillis, Stephen L ^b,c   Barnett, Mitchell ^b   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUODENUM CANCER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME; TRENDS;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME;

EID: 3843070772     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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