Avoidable hospitalizations in Switzerland: A small area analysis on regional variation, density of physicians, hospital supply and rurality

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Berlin, Claudia ^a   Busato, André ^a,b   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Djalali, Sima ^b   Maessen, Maud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Health services; Hospitalization; Small area variation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84922392129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-289     Document Type: Article

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