Myths of ideal hospital occupancy

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-43

  Bain, Christopher A ^a   Taylor, Peter G ^b,c   McDonnell, Geoff ^d,e   Georgiou, Andrew ^f  

^a Health Informatics Society of Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Adaptive Care Systems   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BED OCCUPANCY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; VICTORIA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77449115034     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03401.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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