TY - JOUR
T1 - Weekend versus weekday admission and mortality from myocardial infarction
AU - Kostis, William J.
AU - Demissie, Kitaw
AU - Marcella, Stephen W.
AU - Shao, Yu Hsuan
AU - Wilson, Alan C.
AU - Moreyra, Abel E.
PY - 2007/3/15
Y1 - 2007/3/15
N2 - BACKGROUND: Management of acute myocardial infarction requires urgent diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, which may not be uniformly available throughout the week. METHODS: We examined differences in mortality between patients admitted on weekends and those admitted on weekdays for a first acute myocardial infarction, using the Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System. All such admissions in New Jersey from 1987 to 2002 (231,164) were included and grouped in 4-year intervals. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in demographic characteristics, coexisting conditions, or infarction site between patients admitted on weekends and those admitted on weekdays. However, patients admitted on weekends were less likely to undergo invasive cardiac procedures, especially on the first and second days of hospitalization (P
AB - BACKGROUND: Management of acute myocardial infarction requires urgent diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, which may not be uniformly available throughout the week. METHODS: We examined differences in mortality between patients admitted on weekends and those admitted on weekdays for a first acute myocardial infarction, using the Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System. All such admissions in New Jersey from 1987 to 2002 (231,164) were included and grouped in 4-year intervals. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in demographic characteristics, coexisting conditions, or infarction site between patients admitted on weekends and those admitted on weekdays. However, patients admitted on weekends were less likely to undergo invasive cardiac procedures, especially on the first and second days of hospitalization (P
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJMoa063355
DO - 10.1056/NEJMoa063355
M3 - Article
C2 - 17360988
AN - SCOPUS:33947196096
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 356
SP - 1099
EP - 1109
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 11
ER -