Variations in mortality across the week following emergency admission to hospital: linked retrospective observational analyses of hospital episode data in England, 2004/5 to 2013/14

Han, Lu; Meacock, Rachel; Anselmi, Laura; Kristensen, Søren R; Sutton, Matt; Doran, Tim; Clough, Stuart; Power, Maxine

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Mortality rates are higher during weekend and night-time admissions largely due to sicker patients selected for admission, and extending services for key specialties over critical periods is likely to be the most cost-effective approach.

Lu Han , Rachel Meacock , Laura Anselmi , Søren R Kristensen , Matt Sutton , Tim Doran , Stuart Clough & Maxine Power.

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Lu Han ¹, Rachel Meacock ², Laura Anselmi ², Søren R Kristensen ², Matt Sutton ², Tim Doran ^1,^*, Stuart Clough ³, Maxine Power ³

¹ Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
² Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
³ Haelo, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: tim.doran@york.ac.uk

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