Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: A planning approach

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lagoe, Ronald J ^a   Westert, Gert P ^b  

^a Hospital Executive Council Syracuse   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954336689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-200     Document Type: Article

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