Weekend versus weekday hospital deaths: Analysis of in-patient data in a nigerian tertiary healthcare center

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 501-504

  Nwosu, B O ^a   Eke, N O ^a   Obi nwosu, A ^a   Osakwe, O J ^a   Eke, C O ^a   Obi, N P ^b   Obi, Nwosu Betrand ^c  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Chimex Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c Namdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hospital deaths; In patients; Weekend deaths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84888148125     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.116900     Document Type: Article

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