Avoidable hospitalizations in Switzerland: a small area analysis on regional variation, density of physicians, hospital supply and rurality

BACKGROUND: Avoidable hospitalizations (AH) are hospital admissions for diseases and conditions that could have been prevented by appropriate ambulatory care. We examine regional variation of AH in Switzerland and the factors that determine AH. METHODS: We used hospital service areas, and data from...

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Autores principales: Berlin, Claudia, Busato, André, Rosemann, Thomas, Djalali, Sima, Maessen, Maud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24992827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-289

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24992827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-289

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