The appropriateness evaluation protocol: A technique for assessing unnecessary days of hospital care

Medical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1981, Pages 855-871

  Gertman, Paul M ^a   Restuccia, Joseph D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY;

HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0019796142     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198108000-00005     Document Type: Article

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