Effect of weekend admission on process of care and clinical outcomes for the management of acute coronary syndromes: a retrospective analysis of three UK centres.

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Published in BMJ Open on September 29, 2017

Authors

Glen P Martin¹, Tim Kinnaird²^,3, Matthew Sperrin¹, Richard Anderson³, Amr Gamal⁴, Avais Jabbar⁴, Chun Shing Kwok²^,5, Diane Barker⁵, Grant Heatlie⁵, Azfar G Zaman⁴, Mamas A Mamas¹^,2^,5

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Farr Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
2: Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research, Institutes of Applied Clinical Science and Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
3: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
4: Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital and Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
5: Department of Cardiology, Royal Stoke Hospital, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.

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