The ubiquitous weekend effect: Moving past proving it exists to clarifying what causes it

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 480-482

  Lilford, Richard J ^a   Chen, Yen Fu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938524917     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004360     Document Type: Editorial

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