The rise in acute medical admissions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 252-260

  Hider, P ^a,b   O'Hagan, J ^a   Bidwell, S ^a   Kirk, R ^a  

^a Dept of Pub Hlth and Gen Pract ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW;

EID: 0034108094     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2000.tb00816.x     Document Type: Review

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