Inappropriate admissions to hospital: The European appropriateness evaluation protocol;Uhensigtsmæssige indlæggelser på medicinske afdelinger: Appropriateness evaluation protocol

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 167, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2057-2060

  Ishøy, Torben ^b   Qvist, Peter ^b   Rasmussen, Lisbeth ^a   Gjørup, Thomas ^b   Rasmussen, Jens Henning ^b   Christau, Bjørn ^b   Wiemann, Ole ^b  

^a AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENMARK; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 20444385852     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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