Appropriateness of admission and length of stay in a Turkish military hospital

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 653-663

  Teke, Kadir ^a   Kisa, Adnan ^b   Demir, Cesim ^a   Ersoy, Korkut ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

appropriateness evaluation protocol; hospital admission; military hospitals; Turkish health systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TURKEY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 6344253293     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMS.0000044967.14313.5f     Document Type: Review

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