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J Nurs Care Qual
; Spec No: 25-39, 1999 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10616273
ABSTRACT
This article describes the importance of hospital admission rates as utilization indicators and provides guidance on the development of related data. It identifies categories for analysis of hospital admission rates, including inpatient services, age groups, and geographic units. It describes how resident hospital admission rates can be developed from computer abstract data and contains examples of this information.