Increased Mortality for Elective Surgery during Summer Vacation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Nationwide Data

Pascal Caillet; Cécile Payet; Stéphanie Polazzi; Matthew J. Carty; Jean-Christophe Lifante; Antoine Duclos

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137754

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Increased Mortality for Elective Surgery during Summer Vacation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Nationwide Data

Pascal Caillet ,

* E-mail: p.caillet@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, Lyon, F-69003, France, INSERM Research Unit 1033, Lyon, F-69003, France, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Health Services and Performance Research Lab, Lyon, F-69003, France
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Cécile Payet,

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, Lyon, F-69003, France, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Health Services and Performance Research Lab, Lyon, F-69003, France
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Stéphanie Polazzi,

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, Lyon, F-69003, France, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Health Services and Performance Research Lab, Lyon, F-69003, France
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Matthew J. Carty,

Affiliation Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jean-Christophe Lifante,

Affiliations Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Health Services and Performance Research Lab, Lyon, F-69003, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Service de Chirurgie Générale et Endocrinienne, Pierre Bénite, F-69300, France
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Antoine Duclos

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche, Lyon, F-69003, France, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Health Services and Performance Research Lab, Lyon, F-69003, France, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Increased Mortality for Elective Surgery during Summer Vacation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Nationwide Data

Pascal Caillet,
Cécile Payet,
Stéphanie Polazzi,
Matthew J. Carty,
Jean-Christophe Lifante,
Antoine Duclos

Published: September 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137754

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