Detection and classification of inappropriate hospital stay

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-258

  Butler, John S ^b   Barrett, Brendan J ^a,b,c   Kent, Gloria ^b   McDonald, Jackie ^b   Haire, Rosalie ^a   Parfrey, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029783113     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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