Association of Weekend Effect With Recovery After Surgery

Jessica Y Liu; Ryan P Merkow; Mark E Cohen; Karl Bilimoria; Clifford Y Ko; John F Sweeney; Jyotirmay Sharma

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2618

Association of Weekend Effect With Recovery After Surgery

JAMA Surg. 2020 Oct 1;155(10):988-990. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2618.

Authors

Jessica Y Liu^{1

2}, Ryan P Merkow³, Mark E Cohen¹, Karl Bilimoria^{1

3}, Clifford Y Ko^{1

4}, John F Sweeney², Jyotirmay Sharma²

Affiliations

¹ American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the association between day of the week and process measure adherence in patients undergoing colorectal surgery and identifies hospital-level factors associated with weekend adherence.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery / standards*
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Time Factors