Appropriateness of hospital use: Report from an Italian study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-39

  Apolone, G ^a   Fellin, G ^a   Tampieri, A ^a   Bonanoni, E ^b   Crosti, P F ^b   Lanzi, E ^b   Meregalli, G ^b   Trocino, G ^b   Liberati, A ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030994499     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/7.1.34     Document Type: Article

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