Healthcare policy and healthcare utilization behavior to improve hospital infection control after the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 598-605

  Kim, Yoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emergency department overcrowding; Healthcare utilization behavior; Infection control; Nursing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NURSING SHORTAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK REDUCTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84938340473     PISSN: 19758456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2015.58.7.598     Document Type: Article

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