Jackie,
Try these as a starter
http://nzhta.chmeds.ac.nz/
NZHTA Report 6 - Acute medical admissions - A critical appraisal of the
literature (August 1998) is available for viewing (full text) at
http://nzhta.chmeds.ac.nz/acute.htm. The report is also downloadable in
word7 (493 KB) and acrobat pdf (2645 KB) formats
NZHTA Report 8 - Emergency Department Attendance - A critical appraisal of
the key literature (November 1998) is available for viewing (full text) at
http://nzhta.chmeds.ac.nz/emergency.htm. The report is also downloadable in
word6 (108 KB) and acrobat pdf (261 KB) formats
Slainte
kevin
Dr Kevin Kelleher
Stiurthoir Slainte Poibli(DPH)
Mid-Western Health Board
31 Catherine Street
Limerick
IRELAND
Tel: +353-61-483338
Fax: +353-61-483211
E-Mail: Mailto: [log in to unmask]
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> From: Jacqueline Jacobs[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Jacqueline Jacobs
> Sent: 14 July 1999 15:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: A&E and hospital admission
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction to find some research which has
> been carried out on looking into the reasons why a doctor admits patients
> with non-life threatening illnesses, for example an asthma attack.
>
> I have looked on Medline and some other databases, but am having little
> luck
> in identifying any studies on this subject.
>
> Your help would be appreciated
>
> thanks
> Jackie
>
>
> Jacqueline Jacobs
> Information Officer/Librarian
> Stern Primary Care Library & Information Service
> Ealing Hammersmith & Hounslow Health Authority
>
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
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