Who elects the weekend?

Chaim M. Bell and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw discuss the meaning of the "weekend effect" in outcomes for hospital admissions and surgeries, and comment on surprising new results published in PLOS Medicine this week.

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Main Authors: Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Chaim M Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002732
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