Early In-Hospital Mortality following Trainee Doctors' First Day at Work
PLoS ONEPublished 22 September 2009Open access
Min Hua Jen, Alex Bottle, Azeem Majeed, Derek Bell, Paul Aylin
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Evidence is found that patients admitted on the first Wednesday in August have a higher early death rate in English hospitals compared with patients admitted in the previous week, particularly for patients admitted with a medical primary diagnosis.
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We found evidence that patients admitted on the first Wednesday in August have a higher early death rate in English hospitals compared with patients admitted on the previous Wednesday. This was higher for patients admitted with a medical primary diagnosis.
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