Is the weekend effect really ubiquitous? A retrospective clinical cohort analysis of 30-day mortality by day of week and time of day using linked population data from New South Wales, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations between day of week and time of admission and 30-day mortality for six clinical conditions: ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure.

Design

Retrospective population-based cohort analyses. Hospitalisation records were linked to emergency department and deaths data. Random-effect logistic regression models were used, adjusting for casemix and taking into account clustering within hospitals.

Setting

All hospitals in New South Wales, Australia, from July 2009 to June 2012.

Participants

Patients admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis for one of the six clinical conditions examined.

Outcome measures

Adjusted ORs for

SUBMITTER: Baldwin HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898331 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature