Using a continuous time hidden Markov process, with covariates, to model bed occupancy of people aged over 65 years

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-24

  Christodoulou, Georgina ^a   Taylor, Gordon J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census data; Covariates; Elderly people; Markov models

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; CENSUSES; CONCURRENT REVIEW; ENGLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0035259204     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009641430569     Document Type: Article

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