Planning for the future: The experience of implementing a children's day assessment unit in a district general hospital

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-293

  Beverley, David W ^a   Ball, Robin J ^a   Smith, Robert A ^a   Harran, Michael J ^a   Mary Durrans, G ^a   Keenan, Sally ^a   Smith, Judith ^a   Durack, Barbara ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Management Information Department

Author keywords

Ambulatory paediatrics; Day assessment unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030854158     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.4.287     Document Type: Article

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