The functioning of the Cuban home hospitalization programme: A descriptive analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Vos, Pol ^a   Barroso, Isabel ^b   Rodríguez, Armando ^b   Bonet, Mariano ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUBA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34250802195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-76     Document Type: Article

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