Modelling multiple hospital outcomes: The impact of small area and primary care practice variation

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Congdon, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33845613183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-50     Document Type: Article

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