[Correspondence] Severity of illness and the weekend effect – Authors' reply

In their letter, William J Kostis and Abel E Moreyra suggest that the poor availability of detailed data cannot explain all differences in outcomes between patients admitted at weekends and on weekdays. There is no intrinsic causal mechanism for a named day to lead to higher mortality risk and, therefore, some data clearly must exist that explain how the higher risk arises.

Source: LANCET - October 13, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: A Sarah Walker, Peter Watkinson, Martin Llewelyn, Nicole Stoesser, Tim Peto Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research