Hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: A method for comparative access and quality studies using routinely collected statistics

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-159

  Brown, Adalsteinn D ^b   Goldacre, Michael J ^c   Hicks, Nicholas ^c   Rourke, James T ^c   McMurtry, Robert Y ^c   Brown, John D ^c   Anderson, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH ULCER; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035015589     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404951     Document Type: Article

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