Predictors of inappropriate hospital days in a department of internal medicine

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 513-519

  Chopard, Pierre ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^b   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a   Lovis, Christian ^a   Gousset, Didier ^a   Rouillard, Catherine ^a   Sarasin, François P ^a   Unger, Pierre François ^a   Waldvogel, Francis A ^a   Junod, Alain F ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of health care; Health services research; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 17944390907     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.513     Document Type: Article

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