Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality
PURPOSE: The effect of reduced hospital staffing during weekends on in-hospital mortality
is not known. We compared mortality rates between patients admitted on weekends and
weekdays and whether weekend-weekday variation in rates differed between patients
admitted to teaching and nonteaching hospitals in California. METHODS: The sample
comprised patients admitted to hospitals from the emergency department with any of 50
common diagnoses (N= 641,860). Mortality between patients admitted on weekends and …
is not known. We compared mortality rates between patients admitted on weekends and
weekdays and whether weekend-weekday variation in rates differed between patients
admitted to teaching and nonteaching hospitals in California. METHODS: The sample
comprised patients admitted to hospitals from the emergency department with any of 50
common diagnoses (N= 641,860). Mortality between patients admitted on weekends and …