Patient and disease profile of emergency medical readmissions to an Irish teaching hospital

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 946, 2004, Pages 470-474

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

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 4243067266     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.017624     Document Type: Article

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