Mortality among acute myocardial infarction patients admitted to hospitals on weekends as compared with weekdays in Taiwan

Abstract Weekend effect has been considered to be associated with poorer quality of care and patient’s survival. For acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients, the question of whether patients admitted during off-hours have worse outcomes as compared with patients admitted during on-hours is still...

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Main Authors: Sheng-Fu Liu, Chao-Lun Lai, Raymond Nien-Chen Kuo, Ting-Chuan Wang, Ting-Tse Lin, K. Arnold Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25415-8