Ethnic disparities in the quality of hospital care in New Zealand, as measured by 30-day rate of unplanned readmission/death

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-254

  Rumball Smith, Juliet ^a,b   Sarfati, Diana ^c   Hider, Phil ^a   Blakely, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Health care disparities; New Zealand; Patient readmission; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS;

CROSS CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH-CARE DISPARITIES; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876222089     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt012     Document Type: Article

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