Adequation of hospital admissions and stays in patients with bronchial asthma. Improvement of the admission (bed) management in the allergology section after the diffusion of a previous study;Adecuación de ingresos y estancias hospitalarias en pacientes con asma bronquial. Mejora de la gestión de las camas en la sección de Alergología, tras la difusión de un estudio previo

Alergologia e Inmunologia Clinica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Negro Alvarez J M ^a,d,e   Jimenez Molina J L ^b   Toledo, R Félix ^a   Pascual Camus A ^a   Miralles Lopez J C ^c   Lopez Sanchez J D ^a   Ferrandiz Gomis R ^a   Guerrero Fernandez M ^a   Hernandez Garcia J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b Gerente   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e Facultad de Medicina ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

AEP; Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol; Asthma; Bronchitis; Diagnosis related groups; DRG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0042836734     PISSN: 1575734X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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