night weekends

Patients arriving at hospitals in off hours get slower, less car...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 04/20/2008 - 23:00

Heart attack patients arriving at hospitals at night, weekends or holidays were slightly less likely to receive emergency angioplasty or receive it in a timely fashion.Death rates were similar for those arriving during regular and off-hours.

Data is of patients treated at hospitals using the American Heart Associations' Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease quality improvement program.