Open AccessWho elects the weekend?
Author(s) -
Lauren LapointeShaw,
Chaim M. Bell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002732
Subject(s) - weekend effect , meaning (existential) , medicine , medline , family medicine , psychology , nursing , political science , psychotherapist , law
Chaim M. Bell and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw discuss the meaning of the "weekend effect" in outcomes for hospital admissions and surgeries, and comment on surprising new results published in PLOS Medicine this week.