Hoptel equalizes length of stay for homeless and domiciled inpatients

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1003-1010

  McGuire, James ^a,b   Mares, Alvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Homeless; Hoptel; Hospital administration; Length of stay; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTERCARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034295079     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200010000-00004     Document Type: Article

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