Increased mortality associated with weekend hospital admission: a case for expanded seven day services?
Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, UK Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Nick
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Freemantle
Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Department of Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London.
Daniel
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Ray
Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Department of Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
David
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McNulty
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
David
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Rosser
Medical Directorate, NHS England, London, UK.
Simon
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Bennett
Medical Directorate, NHS England, London, UK.
Bruce E
BE
Keogh
Quality and Outcomes Research Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Domenico.Pagano@uhb.nhs.uk.
Domenico
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Pagano
D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology