Assessing health benefit from hospitalization: Agreement between expert panels

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 126-135

  Eriksen, Bjørn O ^a   Almdahl, Sven M ^a   Hensrud, Anne ^b   Jæger, Steinar ^c   Kristiansen, Ivar S ^d   Mürer, Fred A ^e   Nord, Erik ^f   Pape, Jan Fr ^a   Robertsen, Reidar ^g   Thorsen, Glen ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Kommunelegekontoret i Bardu   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e Rana Hospital   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g Åsgàrd Psychiat Hosp   (Norway)

^h Harstad Sykehus   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13344259997     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300009442     Document Type: Review

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