Adverse events in older patients admitted to acute care: A preliminary cost description

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 32-36

  Ackroyd Stolarz, Stacy ^a   Guernsey, Judith Read ^a   MacKinnon, Neil J ^a   Kovacs, George ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b George Kovacs   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; DATA BASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NOVA SCOTIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 74049156334     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60100-7     Document Type: Article

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