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Table 1 Caseload in participating wards

From: Study protocol for two randomized controlled trials examining the effectiveness and safety of current weekend allied health services and a new stakeholder-driven model for acute medical/surgical patients versus no weekend allied health services

Hospital

Ward

Description

Dandenong Hospital

SW3/W2 acute

Orthopaedic surgery

 

SW4

Stroke unit

 

West 3

Thoracic, Vascular, General surgical and medical units

 

West 4

General medicine

 

North Ward

Head and neck, Plastics

 

North 3

Surgical

Western Hospital

2B

Medical

 

2C

Medical

 

2D

Infectious diseases; Respiratory medicine

 

2 Wa

Plastics; Head and neck surgery; ENT surgery

 

3 W

General surgery; Colorectal; Breast; Endocrine; Urology

 

3E

General surgery; Vascular surgery; Thoracic; Upper gastrointestinal

  1. aStudy 1 only.