The selection of acute medical admissions for a short-stay unit

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Yong, Tuck Y ^a   Li, Jordan Y Z ^a   Roberts, Susan ^a   Hakendorf, Paul ^a   Ben Tovim, David I ^a   Thompson, Campbell H ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute medical admission; Early discharge; Length of hospital stay; Mortality; Outcome; Short stay unit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960554130     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-010-0490-6     Document Type: Article

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