Outlier admissions of medical patients: Prognostic implications of outlying patients. The experience of the Hospital of Mestre

Italian Journal of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-302

  Serafini, Francesco ^a   Fantin, Giuseppe ^a   Brugiolo, Roberto ^b   Lamanna, Onofrio ^b   Aprile, Anna ^c   Presotto, Fabio ^a  

^a Unit of Internal Medicine Department of Medicine Angel Hospital of Mestre (VE)   (Italy)

^b Health Care Hospital Direction Angel Hospital of Mestre (VE)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Outlying patients; Overcrowding hospital wards; Prognostic indicators; Short stay area

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING (AREA); GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT OUTLYING PHENOMENON; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84944406116     PISSN: 18779344     EISSN: 18779352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/itjm.2015.528     Document Type: Article

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