Data linkage studies can help to explain the weekend effect.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Increased 30-day mortality associated with weekend emergency admission for alcohol-related liver disease in England: a record-linkage study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2025
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2. Temporal structures that determine consistency and quality of care: a case study in hyperacute stroke services.BMJ quality & safety · 2024
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3. Exploring the characteristics, acuity and management of adult ED patients at night-time.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2019
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4. Hospital admission on weekends for patients who have surgery and 30-day mortality in Ontario, Canada: A matched cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2019
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  Mortality risks associated with emergency admissions during weekends and public holidays: an analysis of electronic health records.2017

Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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