Lack of "weekend effect" on mortality for pulmonary embolism admissions in 2011: data from nationwide inpatient sample

. 2015 Feb 1:180:151-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.201. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA. Electronic address: ranjanrp@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁵ The West Cancer Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

Smith Giri et al. Int J Cardiol. 2015.

. 2015 Feb 1:180:151-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.201. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA. Electronic address: ranjanrp@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
⁴ Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁵ The West Cancer Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: HCUP; Mortality; NIS; Pulmonary embolism; Weekday; Weekend.

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