The weekend effect for stroke patients admitted to intensive care: A retrospective cohort analysis.

Objectives: To examine the effect of weekend admission on short and long-term morbidity and mortality, for patients admitted to intensive care after suffering a cerebrovascular accident (stroke).

Design, Setting, And Participants: A hospital-wide, retrospective cohort study of 3,729 adult stroke patients admitted to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) intensive care unit (ICU) between 2001 and 2012, using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database.

Primary Outcome Measures: Primary outcome measures were ICU length-of-stay and mortality, hospital length-of-stay and mortality, proportions of patients discharged home after admission, and 6-month mortality.