Examining the weekend effect across ICU performance metrics
Abstract Background Known colloquially as the “weekend effect,” the association between weekend admissions and increased mortality within hospital settings has become a highly contested topic over the last two decades. Drawing interest from practitioners and researchers alike, a sundry of works have...
Main Authors: | Louis Faust, Keith Feldman, Nitesh V. Chawla |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | Critical Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2479-5 |
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