Factors and models associated with the amount of hospital care services as demanded by hospitalized patients: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Van Oostveen, Catharina J ^a   Ubbink, Dirk T ^a   Huis In Het Veld, Judith G ^a   Bakker, Piet J ^a   Vermeulen, Hester ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT ACUITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84902352114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098102     Document Type: Review

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