The weekend effect IS real: Patients are 15% more likely to die on Saturday or Sunday Patients taken to hospitals at weekends are 16 per cent more likely to die than those admitted during the week, a major study suggests.
Researchers found non-emergency operations - such as hip and knee replacements - are 70 per cent more deadly when performed on the weekend compared to a week day.
But experts believe while a 'weekend effect' exists, the higher death rates are not a reflection of poorer care in hospitals on Saturdays and Sundays. The Daily Mail
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Researchers found non-emergency operations - such as hip and knee replacements - are 70 per cent more deadly when performed on the weekend compared to a week day.
But experts believe while a 'weekend effect' exists, the higher death rates are not a reflection of poorer care in hospitals on Saturdays and Sundays. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Magnitude and modifiers of the weekend effect in hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis (open access) BMJ Open
- Weekend effect: The row that set the NHS against Jeremy Hunt The Independent
- Weekend effect: Study debunks government claim that staff shortages to blame for rise in deaths The Independent
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