A study of weekend and off-hour effect on mortality in a public hospital in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 478-482

  Lee, Kian Guan ^a   Vaithilingam, Indralingam ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Taiping Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mortality; Off hours; Weekend effect; Weekends

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; WORKING TIME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; TIME FACTOR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869774790     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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