Open AccessAssociation Between Weekend Discharge and Hospital Readmission Rates Following Major Surgery
Author(s) -
Jordan M. Cloyd,
Joy Chen,
Yifei Ma,
Kim F. Rhoads
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1087
Subject(s) - medicine , colectomy , pancreatectomy , retrospective cohort study , hospital admission , emergency medicine , surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer , resection
Although evidence suggests worse outcomes for patients admitted to the hospital on a weekend, to our knowledge, no previous studies have investigated the effects of weekend discharge.
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