Hospice utilization during the SARS outbreak in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,b   Lin, Ming Hwai ^a,b   Chou, Li Fang ^c   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BED OCCUPANCY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33748359326     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-94     Document Type: Article

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