Emergency medical admissions, deaths at weekends and the public holiday effect. Cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-34

  Smith, Stacy ^a   Allan, Ananda ^b   Greenlaw, Nicola ^c   Finlay, Sian ^a   Isles, Chris ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 84891839015     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201881     Document Type: Article

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