Weekend Surgical Care and Postoperative Mortality
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Weekend Surgical Care and Postoperative Mortality
BACKGROUND An association between weekend health care delivery and poor outcomes has become known as the "weekend effect." Evidence for such an association among surgery patients has not previously been synthesized. OBJECTIVE To systematically review associations between weekend surgical care and postoperative mortality. METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and references of relevant article...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Care
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-7079
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000860