Factors affecting hospital admission and recovery stay duration of in-patient motor victims in Spain

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 512-519

  Santolino, Miguel ^a   Bolancé, Catalina ^a   Alcañiz, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body injuries; Hausman test; Heckit estimator; Semi parametric estimator

Indexed keywords

BODY INJURIES; CONSISTENCY OF ESTIMATE; COST DRIVERS; EXPECTED LENGTH; HAUSMAN TESTS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HECKIT ESTIMATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; SEMI-PARAMETRIC REGRESSIONS; SEMIPARAMETRIC; TOBIT REGRESSION;

ESTIMATION; HEALTH CARE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867076387     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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