Fifteen years of inpatient care in an Academic Division of General Internal Medicine: 1980-1994. Trends over time in patient's diagnoses, case-severity, case-complexity and mortality rate

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 311-319

  Beguin, C ^a   Boland, B ^a   Van Mullem, X ^a   Van Mullem, T ^a   Roger France, F ^a   Coche, E ^a   Lambert, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029821419     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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