The choice of alternatives to acute hospitalization: A descriptive study from Hallingdal, Norway

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lappegard, Øystein ^a   Hjortdahl, Per ^b  

^a Vestre Viken Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community hospital; Emergencies; General practice; Hospitalization; Intermediate care; Nursing homes; Patient admissions; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84879082713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-87     Document Type: Article

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