Determining the Number of State Psychiatric Hospital Beds by Measuring Quality of Care with Artificial Neural Networks

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-24

  Davis, George E ^a   Lowell, Walter E ^b,d   Davis, Geoffrey L ^c  

^a Augusta Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^b Mental R ^*  (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^d State House Station #40   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032014918     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286069801300103     Document Type: Article

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