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The “Saturday Effect” in Obstetrics: A Comparison Between Referral Patterns on Saturday and Other Days of the Week

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India

    Anahita R. Chauhan, Sumit Chamariya & Madhva Prasad

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). Since it was a review of records, no informed consent was obtained from any patients for being included in the study. This article does not contain any studies with animal subjects.

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Anahita R. Chauhan is a Professor and HOU in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Sumit Chamariya is a Registrar in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai. Madhva Prasad is a Assistant Professor in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

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Chauhan, A.R., Chamariya, S. & Prasad, M. The “Saturday Effect” in Obstetrics: A Comparison Between Referral Patterns on Saturday and Other Days of the Week. J Obstet Gynecol India 68, 148–150 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-017-1086-0

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