Background: Adjustment for comorbidities is common in performance benchmarking and
risk prediction. Despite the exponential upsurge in the number of articles citing or comparing …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led health systems to increase the use of tools for monitoring
and triaging patients remotely. In this systematic review, we aim to assess the effectiveness …

Background Intensive care unit (ICU) care is associated with costly and often scarce
resources. In many parts of the world, ICUs are being perceived as major bottlenecks limiting …

Objective To estimate the number of deaths and readmissions associated with delay in
operation after femoral fracture. Design Analysis of inpatient hospital episode statistics. Setting …

Objective To compare risk prediction models for death in hospital based on an administrative
database with published results based on data derived from three national clinical …

… P Aylin clinical reader in epidemiology and public health1, R Alexandrescu research
associate1, M H Jen research associate1, EK Mayer Walport clinical lecturer2, A Bottle senior …

Background Several studies have identified higher mortality for patients admitted as emergencies
at the weekend compared with emergency admissions during the week, but most have …

Background To calculate hospital surge capacity, achieved via hospital provision interventions
implemented for the emergency treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and …

Objective: To compare short-term outcomes of open and minimally invasive esophagectomy
(MIE) for cancer. Background Data: Numerous studies have demonstrated the safety and …

Objectives To examine the associations between temperature, housing, deprivation and
excess winter mortality using census variables as proxies for housing conditions. Design Small …