Real association of factors with inappropriate hospital days

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 116, Issue , 2005, Pages 1021-1026

  Huet, Bernard ^a,b   Cauterman, Maxime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Factors; Hospital; Iinappropriateness

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FACTORS; DISCHARGE PROCESS; EVALUATION PROTOCOL; FACTORS; IINAPPROPRIATENESS; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS;

HOSPITALS;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 38749124160     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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