Changes in bed resources and admission patterns in acute public hospitals in Victoria, 1987-1995

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 186-189

  MacIntyre, C Raina ^a   Brook, Chris W ^b,c   Chandraraj, Eugene ^b,d   Plant, Aileen J ^e  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^c Acute Health Branch

^d Public Health Branch

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030886394     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138842.x     Document Type: Article

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