Open AccessComprehensive 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 M 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.