Acute medical admissions in our hospitals: Getting it right

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-10

  Newnham, Harvey H ^a,b   Thompson, Campbell H ^c   Jenkins, Paul F ^d   O'Brien, Lauri T ^e  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 69249237002     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02665.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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