Appropriateness of hospitalization in a ward of internal medicine - Using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol;Adequação do internamento num serviço de medicina interna: Utilizando o Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-70

  Vieira, Nuno B ^a   Rodríguez Vera, Javier ^a   Ferrão, Estela ^a   Taveira, Teresa ^a   Monteiro, Luísa ^a   Grade, Maria J ^a   Duarte, Isidoro ^a   Arez, Luísa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE FARO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Appropriate stay; Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol; Inappropriate admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MOBILITY; WARD;

AGED; CONCURRENT REVIEW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE;

EID: 33646791533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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