Predicting hospital admissions at emergency department triage using routine administrative data

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 844-850

  Sun, Yan ^a   Heng, Bee Hoon ^a   Tay, Seow Yian ^b   Seow, Eillyne ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051973127     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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