Trends in admissions to internal medicine wards in a community hospital in Israel

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Stein, Gideon Y ^a   Zeidman, Aliza ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bina; Data warehouse; Internal medicine; Mortality; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WARD;

EID: 33746802419     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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