Hospital bed utilisation in the NHS and Kaiser Permanente

BMJ

Volumn 328, Issue 7439, 2004, Pages 583-584

  Ebrahim, Shah ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BED OCCUPANCY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12144285672     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7439.583-b     Document Type: Letter

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