Characteristics of avoidable hospitalization in Spain;Características de la hospitalización evitable en España

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 653-658

  Alfonso Sánchez, José Luis ^a,b   Sentís Vilalta, Joan ^c   Blasco Perepérez, Sergio ^a   Martínez Martínez, Isabel ^d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Avoidable hospitalization; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPAIN;

EID: 2942541231     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13061386     Document Type: Article

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