Ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations: Does one size fit all?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-161

  Losina, Elena ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CELLULITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AMBULATORY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 39449101417     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23351     Document Type: Editorial

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