Weekend admissions as an independent predictor of mortality: An analysis of Scottish hospital admissions

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Handel, AdamE ^a,b   Patel, Sunil V ^c,d   Skingsley, Andrew ^c,e   Bramley, Katrina ^c,f   Sobieski, Roma ^c   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871047470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001789     Document Type: Article

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