Open AccessImpact of enforcing the Labour Ordinance, with 1-in-7-day off for hospital doctors, on weekend hospital discharge rate
Author(s) -
Kai Ming Chow,
CheukChun Szeto
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdi022
Subject(s) - medicine , hospital discharge , medical emergency , emergency medicine , family medicine , intensive care medicine
After enforcing the Labour Ordinance, hospital doctors must have 1 day off-work every week. In this study, we aimed to evaluate its impact on the discharge pattern from an acute medical hospital.
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