Length of stay as risk factor for inappropriate hospital days: Interaction with patient age and co-morbidity

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-85

  Barisonzo, Riccardo ^d   Wiedermann, Wolfgang ^d   Unterhuber, Matthias ^a   Wiedermann, Christian J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

aged; appropriateness review; co morbidity; diagnosis related groups; hospital length of stay; regional health planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872907112     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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