Modelling hospital and social care bed occupancy and use by elderly people in an English health district

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-62

  Millard, Peter H ^a   Christodoulou, Georgina ^a   Jagger, Carol ^b   Harrison, Gary W ^c   McClean, Sally I ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Mathematics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; CENSUSES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0035259296     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009605800527     Document Type: Article

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