Measuring unexplained variation in acute hospital use by patients enrolled with northern New Zealand general practices

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-100

  Sandiford, Peter ^a   Zhou, Lifeng ^a   Salvetto, Micol ^b   Johnson, Lannes F ^b  

^a WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b Waitemata Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Emergency medical services; General practice; Health services needs and demand; Hospital costs; Patient admissions

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84901788324     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc14093     Document Type: Article

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