Reduced acute hospitalisation with the healthy housing programme

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 588-593

  Jackson, Gary ^a   Thornley, Simon ^b   Woolston, Jude ^a   Papa, Dean ^a   Bernacchi, Alan ^c   Moore, Tracey ^c  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c National Office Auckland ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CROWDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROWDING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VENTILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 79960209454     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.107441     Document Type: Article

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