Does admission to a department of internal medicine improve patients' quality of life?

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Eriksen, B O ^a   Kristiansen, I S ^b   Nord, E ^c   Pape, J F ^a   Almdahl, S M ^a   Hensrud, A ^d   Jaeger S ^e   Murer F A ^f   Robertsen, R ^g   Thorsen, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d Department of Surgery University Hospital of Tromsø ^*  (Norway)

^e NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Rana Hospital   (Norway)

^g Åsgård Psychiatric Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health priorities; Health services research; Health status indicators; Hospital; Patient admission; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 7844224417     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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