An assessment of inappropriate hospital bed utilization by elderly patients in southern Italy

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Bianco, Aida ^a   Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Rizza, Paolo ^a   Greco, Maria Antonietta ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

AEP; Appropriateness; Elderly; Hospital care; Italy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33746128033     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324656     Document Type: Article

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