Appropriateness of admission and the last 24 hours of hospital care in medical wards in an East London teaching group hospital

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 543-553

  Houghton, Anita ^a   Bowling, Ann ^b   Jones, Ian ^c   Clarke, Kim ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030341919     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.6.543     Document Type: Article

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