Accessing and using hospital activity data

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-56

  Hansell, A ^a   Bottle, A ^a   Shurlock, L ^b   Aylin, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Skipton House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Data interpretation; Hospital records; Hospitals; Patient admission; Statistical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STATE MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0035086151     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/23.1.51     Document Type: Article

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