Weekend admissions and mortality for major acute disorders across England and Wales: record linkage cohort studies

Volume: 19, Issue: 1
Published: Sep 2, 2019
Abstract
To establish which major disorders are susceptible to increased mortality following acute admissions on weekends, compared with week days, and how this may be explained. Cohorts based on national administrative inpatient and mortality data for 14,168,443 hospitalised patients in England and 913,068 in Wales who were admitted for 66 disorders that were associated with at least 200 deaths within 30 days of acute admission. The main outcome measure...
Paper Details
Title
Weekend admissions and mortality for major acute disorders across England and Wales: record linkage cohort studies
Published Date
Sep 2, 2019
Volume
19
Issue
1
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