A province-wide study of the association between hospital resource allocation and length of stay

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-166

  Needham, Dale M ^a   Anderson, Geoff ^a   Pink, George H ^a   McKillop, Ian ^b   Tomlinson, George A ^a,c   Detsky, Allan S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM;

EID: 0042594489     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148403322167915     Document Type: Article

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