A randomised controlled trial of the costs of hospital as compared with hospital in the home for acute medical patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Board, Neville ^a   Brennan, Nicholas ^b   Caplan, Gideon A ^c  

^a Ambulatory Information Infrastructure Project   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPISODE OF CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0033801486     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb01573.x     Document Type: Article

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