Healthcare resource use in patients of the Australian Transition Care Program

Australian Health Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 411-416

  Comans, Tracy A ^a,b   Peel, Nancye M ^c   Cameron, Ian D ^d   Gray, Leonard ^c   Scuffham, Paul A ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84940745179     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH14054     Document Type: Article

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