Preventable hospitalization and access to primary health care in an area of Southern Italy

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rizza, Paolo ^a   Bianco, Aida ^a   Pavia, Maria ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY CARE; WARD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 35748943537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-134     Document Type: Article

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