Appropriate length of extended day care

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-86

  Panis, Lambert J G G ^a   Verheggen, Frank W S M ^a   Pop, Peter ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Day care; Hospitals; Patients; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD;

COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; LENGTH OF STAY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; NIGHT CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 4344573493     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860410526691     Document Type: Article

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