A medical admission unit reduces duration of hospital stay and number of readmissions

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Vork, Jan C ^a   Brabrand, Mikkel ^a   Folkestad, Lars ^a   Thomsen, Kristian Korsgaard ^a   Knudsen, Torben ^a   Christiansen, Christian ^a  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

DENMARK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051489927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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