Impact of physician training level on emergency readmission within internal medicine

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 516-523

  Adamiak, Grazyna Teresa ^a   Karlberg, Ingvar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Clinical experience; Emergency readmission; Internal medicine; Referrals; Training level

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY;

CARDIAC FAILURE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 8544232183     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462304001448     Document Type: Article

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