Acute medical admissions: Results of a national audit

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 551-559

  Houghton, Anita ^a,c   Hopkins, Anthony ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^c Bexley and Greenwich Hlth Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030279350     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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