Do hospital length of stay and staffing ratio affect elderly patients' risk of readmission? A nation-wide study of Norwegian hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 647-665

  Heggestad, Torhild ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Multivariate analysis; Outcome assessment (health care); Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036616391     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00042     Document Type: Article

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