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 Aug 26;155(10):988-990. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2618. Online ahead of print.

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.

PMID: 32845300
PMCID: PMC7450403 (available on 2021-08-26)
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2618

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.