Sicker patients account for the weekend mortality effect among adult emergency admissions to a large hospital trust

Jianxia Sun, Alan Girling, Cassie Aldridge, Felicity Evison, Chris Beet, Amunpreet Boyal, Gavin Rudge, Richard Lilford, Julian Bion

BMJ Quality & Safety · 2018 · 39 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Patients admitted to hospital on weekends are sicker than those admitted on weekdays. The cause of the weekend effect may lie in community services.

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