Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Borghans, Ine ^a,b   Heijink, Richard ^a,c   Kool, Tijn ^b   Lagoe, Ronald J ^d   Westert, Gert P ^a,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Prismant Health Care and Advise Institute   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COST CONTROL; DAY CARE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; DAY CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949127399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-220     Document Type: Article

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