Weekend versus weekday mortality in myocardial infarction in the United States: data from healthcare cost and utilization project nationwide inpatient sample

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 1;174(3):877-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.206. Epub 2014 Apr 26.

Authors

Ranjan Pathak¹, Paras Karmacharya², Madan Raj Aryal¹, Anthony A Donato¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24836683
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.206

No abstract available

Keywords: HCUP; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; Weekend.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Health Care Costs / trends*
Humans
Mortality / trends
Myocardial Infarction / economics
Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
Patient Acceptance of Health Care*
Patient Admission / economics
Patient Admission / trends*
Time Factors
United States / epidemiology