Managing acute medical admissions: A survey of acute medical services and medical assessment and planning units in New Zealand

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Providence, C ^a   Gommans, J ^a   Burns, A ^a  

^a HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Hospital admitting department; Internal medicine; New Zealand; Patient care team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING UNIT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84856276588     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02331.x     Document Type: Article

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