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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Stroke patients are more likely to die if fewer nurses at weekends

Stroke patients are more likely to die if fewer nurses at weekends Stroke patients are 35 per cent more likely to die if there are fewer nurses on duty at weekends. The Daily Telegraph

See also:
  • Associations between Stroke Mortality and Weekend Working by Stroke Specialist Physicians and Registered Nurses: Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study PLOS Medicine
  • 'Nurse ratio' key to stroke survival BBC News
  • More stroke patients die at weekends as they are admitted to badly staffed wards Daily Mail
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