The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 151-157 , 1 August 2004

Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality

  • Peter Cram, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine (PC, GER), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Peter Cram, MD, MBA, Division of General Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, SE611 GH, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen L Hillis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Program for interdisciplinary research in health care organization (SLH, MB, GER), Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, USA
    • Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SLH), University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
    • ,
  • Mitchell Barnett, RPH, MS

      Affiliations

    • Program for interdisciplinary research in health care organization (SLH, MB, GER), Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, USA
    • ,
  • Gary E Rosenthal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine (PC, GER), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    • Program for interdisciplinary research in health care organization (SLH, MB, GER), Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, USA

Received 18 June 2003 ,Accepted 3 February 2004.

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☆ Funded in part by a Research Enhancement Award (01-094) from the Health Services Research and Development Service, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Rosenthal is a Senior Quality Scholar, Office of Academic Affiliations, Veterans Health Administration.

PII: S0002-9343(04)00247-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.02.035

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 151-157 , 1 August 2004

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