Trends in hospital bed utilisation in New Zealand 1989 to 2006: More or less beds in the future?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1264, 2007, Pages

  Malcolm, Laurence ^a  

^a Health Care Aotearoa   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY CONTROL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249057002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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