Primary health care replacing hospital care - The effect on quality of care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-373

  Kaag, Marja E C ^a   Wijkel, Dirk ^a   De Jong, Dick ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Primary health care; Quality of care; Short stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030202736     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.4.367     Document Type: Article

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