Seven-day services in surgery and the "weekend effect" at a Japanese teaching hospital: a retrospective cohort study.

Masaaki MatobaTakashi SuzukiHirotaka OchiaiTakako ShirasawaTakahiko YoshimotoAkira MinouraHitomi SanoMizue IshiiAkatsuki KokazeHiroshi OtakeTsuyoshi KasamaYumi Kamijo

Published in: Patient safety in surgery (2020)

Patients undergoing emergency surgery on the weekend had higher 30-day mortality, but showed no difference in elective surgery mortality. These findings have potential implications for health administrators and policy makers who may try to restructure the hospital workweek or consider weekend elective surgery.

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