Accuracy and completeness of patient pathways - The benefits of national data linkage in Australia Healthcare needs and demand

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Boyd, James H ^a   Randall, Sean M ^a   Ferrante, Anna M ^a   Bauer, Jacqueline K ^a   McInneny, Kevin ^a   Brown, Adrian P ^a   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Gillies, Margo ^a   Semmens, James B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRAVEL;

AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MORBIDITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 84938691060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0981-2     Document Type: Article

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