Background A considerable amount of studies have examined the relationship between off‐
hours (weekends and nights) admission and mortality risk for various diseases, but the …

Objectives To determine the accuracy of coding of admissions for stroke on weekdays
versus weekends and any impact on apparent outcome. Design Prospective population …

Objective To examine the association of mortality by day of the week for emergency and
elective patients. Design Retrospective observational study using the international dataset …

Background Increased mortality rates associated with weekend hospital admission (the so-
called weekend effect) have been attributed to suboptimum staffing levels of specialist …

Background Studies in many health systems have shown evidence of poorer quality health
care for patients admitted on weekends or overnight than for those admitted during the week …

Background Studies finding higher mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital at
weekends rely on routine administrative data to adjust for risk of death, but these data may …

Context There is little research on quality of care specific to palliative care units (PCUs).
Objectives To delineate important aspects of satisfaction with care and quality of care on a …

Since the publication of the influential paper by Bell and Redelmeier in 2001, 1 the
'weekend effect', whereby patients admitted to hospital over the weekend experience worse …

Objectives Knowledge on timing of admissions and mortality for acute medical patients is
limited. The aim of the study was to examine hospital admission rates and mortality rates for …

Objective To examine the magnitude of the weekend effect, defined as differences in patient
outcomes between weekend and weekday hospital admissions, and factors influencing it …