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The Weekend Effect

INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Paul Aylin, MBChB

Professor Aylin is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Imperial College London. We spoke with him about the weekend effect in health care—the observation that patients admitted to the hospital over the weekend often have worse outcomes than those admitted during the week.

PERSPECTIVE

The Weekend Effect in Cardiology: Is It Real? If So, Can It Be Fixed?

Vanessa K. Martin, DO, MS; Nasim Mirnateghi, PhD; and Mahdi Khoshchehreh, MD, MS

This piece explores the weekend effect in cardiology and recommends allowing invasive management for patients with non ST-elevation myocardial infarction to improve outcomes in this group.

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