title: Lack of "weekend effect" on mortality for pulmonary embolism admissions in 2011: data from nationwide inpatient sample.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Smith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA. Electronic address: ranjanrp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Madan Raj
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Aryal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Paras
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karmacharya
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Vijaya Raj
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.affiliation: The West Cancer Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Mike G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: HCUP; Mortality; NIS; Pulmonary embolism; Weekday; Weekend