The Global Comparators project: International comparison of 30-day in-hospital mortality by day of the week

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 492-504

  Ruiz, Milagros ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Aylin, Paul P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938514149     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003467     Document Type: Article

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