Medical inpatient mortality at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, 2002 - 2009

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-35

  Myer, L ^a   Smith, E ^a   Mayosi, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871493696     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6285     Document Type: Article

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