Weekend Effect on in-Hospital Mortality for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in US Rural and Urban Hospitals

Previous studies have reported a “weekend effect” on stroke mortality, whereby stroke patients admitted during weekends have a higher risk of in-hospital death than those admitted during weekdays.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 11, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Birook Mekonnen, Guijing Wang, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Lu Shi, Kiran Thapa, Zheng Zhang, Donglan Zhang Source Type: research