Acute hospitalisation needs of adults admitted to public facilities in the Cape Town Metro district

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 760-764

  de Vries, E ^a,b   Raubenheimer, P ^c   Kies, B ^c   Burch, V C ^c  

^a Department of Health   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BED OCCUPANCY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053296178     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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