He knows there is no evidence that junior doctor rostering is the cause of excess deaths for weekend admissions to acute hospitals.
We examined 2 982 570 hospital records; adjusted odds of 30-day death were higher for weekend emergency admissions to 11 hospitals in England (OR 1.08, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.13 on Sunday), 5 hospitals in USA (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.24 on Sunday) and 6 hospitals in the Netherlands (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.33 on Saturday).
Climber killed at El Capitan; second apparent Yosemite death of weekend.
11 27 In particular, a study in Scotland found an adjusted odds ratio for weekend neonatal death of 1.3 (1.0 to 1.6), compared with weekday in-hours, which was similar for all out of hours deliveries 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6).
8 A recent English study found an increased risk of hospital death in the elective setting for weekend admissions but, critically (like most previous studies), focused on the day of admission, rather than day of procedure and did not include out of hospital deaths, a potential source of bias.
A large Canadian study showed a significantly increased risk of death for patients admitted during weekends with several acute diagnoses, including ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute epi-glotitis, and pulmonary embolism [ 6].
A recent study using the NHS database of all NHS hospital admissions within England showed a significantly increased risk of death for patients admitted at the weekend, even when adjusted for multiple potential confounders.
film commission on the weekend before Jones' death for its heavy oversight on "CBGB," which Savin and Miller, her husband, produced in Georgia last year.
Research from English and Scottish hospitals has shown a significant increase in the risk of death for emergency patients admitted on a weekend, even after adjusting for possible confounders.
