Using routine data to monitor inequalities in an acute trust: A retrospective study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Langford, Katharine M ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Aylin, Paul P ^a   Ward, Helen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84862167125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-104     Document Type: Article

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