Does admission to a medical department improve patient life expectancy?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 987-995

  Eriksen, Bjørn O ^a   Kristiansen, Ivar S ^b   Nord, Erik ^c   Pape, Jan Fr ^a   Almdahl, Sven M ^a   Hensrud, Anne ^d   Jæger, Steinar ^e   Mürer, Fred A ^f   Robertsen, Reidar ^g   Thorsen, Glen ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d Kommunelegekontort I Bardu   (Norway)

^e Department of Medicine   (Norway)

^f Rana Hospital   (Norway)

^g Åsgård Psychiatric Hospital   (Norway)

^h Harstad Sykehus ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic disease; Life expectancy; Monte Carlo method; Outcome assessment health care; Quality of care; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030822469     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00120-0     Document Type: Article

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