Quick diagnosis units versus hospitalization for the diagnosis of potentially severe diseases in Spain

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Bosch, Xavier ^a   Jordán, Anna ^a   Coca, Antonio ^a   López Soto, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL QUICK DIAGNOSIS UNIT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPAIN; TELEMONITORING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 84855347484     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.931     Document Type: Article

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