工作日要上班，而周末医院更难挂号，有些检查也做不了，这就是所谓的周末效应。

我们来看一段相关的英文报道

Research from UCL shows that people who are admitted to hospitals at the weekend fair less well than those who arrive during the week.

In healthcare, the weekend effect is the finding of a difference in mortality rate for patients admitted to hospital for treatment at the weekend compared to those admitted on a weekday.

At least some of the previous explanations from researchers for the “weekend effect” are related to lower staffing levels (nurses), fewer available specialists, as well as lack of readily available imaging and so-called interventional-type services offered during a typical "work" day from 9-5.

伦敦大学学院的研究发现，与工作日入院的患者相比，周末入院接受治疗的患者更不容易康复。

在医疗领域，人们发现周末入院接受治疗的患者死亡率与工作日入院的患者死亡率之间有所差别，这被称为“周末效应”。

至少从之前研究人员给出的一些解释来看，“周末效应”与医院医护人员人手更少、专家人数更少、一些影像检查及介入性治疗无法立即进行有关，而这些医疗资源在工作日时间均可尽快获得。



【讲解】

文中的weekend effect就是“周末效应”的意思，其中weekend用作名词，意为“周末”，比如：spend a weekend（度周末）。它还可以用作动词，表示“过周末”，如：There are more and more weekend couples in the cities.（城市里的周末夫妻越来越多。）

第二段中的mortality rate意为“死亡率”，如：The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.（该国的婴儿死亡率已降至历史最低水平。）