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Variation in intensive care unit outcomes by day of week: no weak-end

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  1. Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada

    Chaim M. Bell

  2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada

    Damon C. Scales

  3. Health Policy Management and Evaluation Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Damon C. Scales

  4. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Chaim M. Bell & Damon C. Scales

  5. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Chaim M. Bell & Damon C. Scales

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Bell, C.M., Scales, D.C. Variation in intensive care unit outcomes by day of week: no weak-end. Intensive Care Med 30, 739–741 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-004-2240-6

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