Consultant volume, as an outcome determinant, in emergency medical admissions
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Consultant volume, as an outcome determinant, in emergency medical admissions.
BACKGROUND Increasing hospital or specialist volumes has been shown to improve outcomes; there are little data on volumes and outcomes in emergency medical admissions. We have examined the hospital length of stay (LOS) and 30-day mortality for patients admitted under a consultant 'of the day' having high- or low-admission volumes. METHODS An analysis was performed on all emergency medical pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct119