Reliability of a German instrument to assess the appropriateness of hospital utilization in surgery

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 258-266

  Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^a,b   Sangha, Oliver ^a,c   Siebert, Harald ^d   Hübner, Matthias ^e   Fuhrmann, Jörg ^e   Wildner, Manfred ^a   Witte, Jens ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung in Bayern   (Germany)

^e Medizinischer Dienst der Krankenversicherung in Hessen   (Germany)

^f KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRIC SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0034569545     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01591688     Document Type: Article

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