Comprehensive Stroke Centers and the ‘Weekend Effect’: The SPOTRIAS Experience
Author(s) -
Karen C. Albright,
Sean I. Savitz,
Rema Raman,
Sheryl MartinSchild,
Joseph P. Broderick,
Karin Ernström,
Andria L. Ford,
Rakesh Khatri,
Dawn Kleindorfer,
David S. Liebeskind,
Randolph S. Marshall,
José G. Merino,
Dawn Meyer,
Natalia S. Rost,
Brett C. Meyer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cerebrovascular diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1421-9786
pISSN - 1015-9770
DOI - 10.1159/000345077
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , emergency medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
Previous studies have found mortality among ischemic stroke patients to be higher on weekends. We sought to evaluate whether weekend admission was associated with worse outcomes in a large comprehensive stroke center (CSC) cohort.
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