Quantifying the demand for hospital care services: A time and motion study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Van Oostveen, Catharina J ^a   Gouma, Dirk J ^a   Bakker, Piet J ^a   Ubbink, Dirk T ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(multivariable) regression analysis; Demand for hospital care services; Patient characteristics; Time and motion research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84928162818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0674-2     Document Type: Article

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