Practice and ethnic variations in avoidable hospital admission rates in Christchurch, New Zealand

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Barnett, Ross ^a   Malcolm, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Health Care Aotearoa   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avoidable hospitalisation; Chronic care management; Ethnicity; New Zealand; Practice variations

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 73049097838     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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