emergency admissions only, which are reasonably exogenous to the time of admission. Further, we introduce a direct measure for … variation in mortality rates between weekend and weekday admissions. Patients admitted during the weekend exhibit higher in-hospital … probability to be readmitted as emergency cases. -- Hospital quality ; weekend effect ; inpatient outcomes …

We study the impact of wait time on consumers' purchasing behavior when product quality is unknown to some consumers … quality, and they may still purchase the product, even when the wait time is long. Similarly, short wait times decrease the … wait time …