Evaluating the "holiday season effect" of hospital care on the risk of mortality from pulmonary embolism: a nationwide analysis in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to determine whether hospital admissions during an extended holiday period (Chinese New Year) and weekends were associated with increased mortality risk from pulmonary embolism (PE), compared to admissions on weekdays. We conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. Data of newly diagnosed PEs during the months of January and February from 2001 to 2017 were obtained from patient records and classified into three admission groups: Chinese New Year (≥ 4 consecutive holiday days), weekends, and weekdays. The adjusted odds ratios (aORs) (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) for 7-day and in-hospital mortality were calculated using multivariable logistic regression models. The 7-day and in-hospital mortality risks were higher

SUBMITTER: Hung DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8481409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature