The effect of the weekend upon admissions to General Medicine.
Tessa PoteznyChris HorwoodPaul HakendorfCampbell Henry ThompsonPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2018)
General Medicine has an inpatient mortality unaffected by the DOWOA. Care efficiency, however, follows a weekly cycle. The "weekend effect" for General Medical inpatients is a prolongation in their IPLOS as a result of fewer weekend discharges.