Weekend mortality for emergency admissions. A large, multicentre study

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-217

  Aylin, P ^a   Yunus, A ^a   Bottle, A ^a   Majeed, A ^a   Bell, D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953862729     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.028639     Document Type: Article

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