Beating the weekend trend: Increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Schneider, Eric B ^a   Hirani, Salman A ^a   Hambridge, Hali L ^b   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Carlini, Anthony R ^b   Castillo, Renan C ^b   Efron, David T ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Head trauma; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; Older adults; Traumatic brain injury; Weekday admission; Weekend admission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866036626     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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