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October 9, 2018BMJ Quality & SafetyOpen Access

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

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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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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d90efb62c2da40083aff4b https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008219

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1Mortality among Patients Admitted to Hospitals on Weekends as Compared with WeekdaysOriginal Research · 2001 · 1,091 citations
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