Hospital planning: The risks of basing the future on past data

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 6-14

  Leggat, Sandra G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Health care quality, access, and evaluation; Health care sector; Planning, health facility; Statistical data analysis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL PLANNING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; VICTORIA;

EID: 55349090310     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335830803700302     Document Type: Review

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