Early in-hospital mortality following trainee doctors' first day at work.

BACKGROUND:There is a commonly held assumption that early August is an unsafe period to be admitted to hospital in England, as newly qualified doctors start work in NHS hospitals on the first Wednesday of August. We investigate whether in-hospital mortality is higher in the week following the first...

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Main Authors: Min Hua Jen, Alex Bottle, Azeem Majeed, Derek Bell, Paul Aylin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2743809?pdf=render