Impact of integrated health system changes, accelerated due to an earthquake, on emergency department attendances and acute admissions: A Bayesian change-point analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Schluter, Philip J ^a,b   Hamilton, Greg J ^c   Deely, Joanne M ^c   Ardagh, Michael W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY WARD; GROWTH RATE; HEAD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971283713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010709     Document Type: Article

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