Day surgery: Where do our efforts need to be focused?: Results of a review and simulation on administrative data

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Bertolini, Guido ^a   Luciani, Davide ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgical procedures; Day care; Health planning; Hospitalisation

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 16544386493     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambsur.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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