Influence of prolonged hospitalization on overall bed occupancy: A five-year single-centre study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 561-566

  Quinn, M P ^a   Courtney, A E ^a   Fogarty, D G ^a   O'Reilly, D ^b   Cardwell, C ^b   McNamee, P T ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER BIAS; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 34548249683     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm064     Document Type: Article

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