Appropriateness of hospital stay in a general hospital's internal medicine service;Adecuación de la estancia hospitalaria en un servicio de medicina interna de un hospital comarcal

Revista de Calidad Asistencial

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 625-627

  Vilaró, Josep ^a   Yáñez, Aina ^a   Casadevall, Joan ^a   Sanclemente, Carme ^a   Parcet, Anna ^a   Barcons, Montserrat ^a   Pañella, Domingo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Appropriateness hospital stay; Internal Medicine Department; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 1042288419     PISSN: 1134282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1134-282x(03)77651-9     Document Type: Article

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