Acommon denominator: Calculating hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in California

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lui, Camillia K ^a   Wallace, Steven P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855168048     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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