Primary health care and hospital interactions: Effects for hospital length of stay

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-122

  Kjekshus, Lars Erik ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospital; length of stay; municipality; organization; primary care services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 17244374064     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410019163     Document Type: Article

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