Length of hospital stay, diagnoses and pattern of investigation following emergency admission to an Irish teaching hospital

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 170-172

  Moloney, E D ^a   Bennett, K ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGED; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 4143119163     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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