Do hospital bed reduction and multiple system reform affect patient mortality?: A trend and multilevel analysis in New Zealand over the period 1988-2001

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1186-1194

  Davis, Peter ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^a   Scott, Alastair ^a   Gauld, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health system reform; Multilevel analysis; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

BED OCCUPANCY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36249018879     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181468c92     Document Type: Article

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