Determining appropriateness for rehabilitation or other subacute care: Is there a role for utilisation review?

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Poulos, Christopher J ^a,b   Eagar, Kathy ^b  

^a South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34047146001     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-3     Document Type: Review

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