Data Resource Profile: Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care (HES APC)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1093-1093i

  Herbert, Annie ^a,b   Wijlaars, Linda ^a   Zylbersztejn, Ania ^a,b   Cromwell, David ^c,d   Hardelid, Pia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EPISODIC EVENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026582426     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx015     Document Type: Article

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