Day of week of procedure and 30 day mortality for elective surgery: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7910, 2013, Pages

  Aylin, P ^a   Alexandrescu, R ^a   Jen, M H ^a   Mayer, E K ^b   Bottle, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878534664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2424     Document Type: Article

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