How safe is hospital-in-the-home care?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 277-280

  Montalto, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Health Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0032536831     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb140161.x     Document Type: Article

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