Appropriate utilization of hospital beds in internal medicine: Evaluation in a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-411

  Dizdar, Ömer ^a   Karadaǧ, Ömer ^a   Kalyoncu, Umut ^a   Kurt, Mevlüt ^a   Ülger, Zekeriya ^a   Şardan, Yeşm Çetinkaya ^a   Ünal, Serhat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol; Internal medicine; University hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

EID: 34249071012     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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