The weekend effect: does hospital mortality differ by day of the week? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The concept of a weekend effect, poorer outcomes for patients admitted to hospitals at the weekend is not new, but is the focus of debate in England. Many studies have been published which consider outcomes for patients on admitted at the weekend. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to estimate the effect of weekend admission on mortality in UK hospitals.

Methods

This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies on the weekend effect in UK hospitals. We used EMBASE, MEDLINE, HMIC, Cochrane, Web of Science and Scopus to search for relevant papers. We included systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and observational studies) on patients admitted to hospital in the UK and published after 2001. Our outcome was death; studies report

SUBMITTER: Honeyford K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6245775 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature