What is it about?
In England, the government has claimed that patients admitted over the weekend suffer higher mortality. However there is a day-of-week cycle in blood biochemistry which may explain the higher deaths for weekend admissions.
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Why is it important?
Composite scores based on blood biochemistry and other vital signs can be used to detect patients at high risk of death.
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While shedding light on the issue of weekend mortality this paper raises vital questions regarding the use of biochemical data in population epidemiology and disease outbreaks.
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Complex Changes in Blood Biochemistry Revealed by a Composite Score Derived from Principal Component Analysis: Effects of Age, Patient Acuity, End of Life, Day-of Week, and Potential Insights into the Issues Surrounding the ‘Weekend’ Effect in Hospital..., British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/bjmmr/2016/29355.
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