ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2011
Excellent hospital care for all: open and operating 24/7.
Review in Journal of general internal medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Off-hour presentation and outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2014Pooled it
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- Just-in-Time Simulation Training to Augment Overnight ICU Resident Education.Journal of graduate medical education · 2024Article
- Clinical Outcomes according to Timing to Non Invasive Ventilation Initiation in COPD Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Length of Stay in Emergency Department by ICD-10 Specific and Non-Specific Diagnoses: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- The association between eating frequency with alertness and gastrointestinal complaints in nurses during the night shift.Journal of sleep research · 2021Observational
- Weekend Surgical Admissions of Pediatric IBD Patients Have a Higher Risk of Complication in Hospitals Across the US.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2020Article
- Predicting Post-Fontan Length of Stay: The Limits of Measured Variables.Pediatric cardiology · 2019Article
- Using Twitter to Examine Web-Based Patient Experience Sentiments in the United States: Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
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- Is the timing of radiological intervention and treatment day associated with economic outcomes in DRG-financed health care systems: a case study.BMC health services research · 2017Observational
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- Is the presence of medical trainees associated with increased mortality with weekend admission?BMC medical education · 2014Article
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- Safe, high quality care around the clock: what will it take to get us there?Journal of general internal medicine · 2011Article
- Weekend compared with weekday presentations of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis.Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal DialysisArticle
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Abstract
Nights and weekends are the times when most people are admitted to the hospital. They are also synonymous with reduced staffing levels and fewer specialized diagnostic, procedural, and treatment options. Indeed, there is increasing evidence suggesting that patient care is compromised during these times. Equally important is the inefficient use of capital investments during nights and weekends, and inappropriate utilization of hospital beds caused by poor weekend discharge flexibility. We believe that these findings should be of concern not just to hospital care providers, but across care settings and to the general public. In this perspective article, we highlight how our current office-hours system of running hospitals threatens the lives of our sickest, most vulnerable patients, describe solutions currently implemented in hospitals that may alleviate this disparity, and discuss challenges to wider scale implementation.
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