The impact of twice-daily consultant ward rounds on the length of stay in two general medical wards

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 524-528

  Ahmad, Aftab ^a   Purewal, Tejpal S ^a   Sharma, Dushyant ^a   Weston, Philip J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharges; Four hour target; Length of stay; Readmission; Ward rounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; WARD;

EID: 83755183868     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-6-524     Document Type: Article

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