Weekend admission to hospital has a higher risk of death in the elective setting than in the emergency setting: A retrospective database study of national health service hospitals in England

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Sidhu, Khesh S ^a   Rudge, Gavin ^a   Stevens, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859123060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-87     Document Type: Article

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