The incidence and cost of adverse events in Victorian hospitals 2003-04

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 551-555

  Ehsani, Jonathon P ^a,b   Jackson, Terri ^b   Duckett, Stephen J ^b  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BUDGET; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33745433099     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00378.x     Document Type: Article

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