A systematic review of the magnitude and cause of geographic variation in unplanned hospital admission rates and length of stay for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

Spatio-temporal analysis of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada

(2014) Eric J. Crighton et al.   Geospatial Health

Which features of primary care affect unscheduled secondary care use? A systematic review

(2014) Alyson Huntley et al.   BMJ Open

Effect of a national primary care pay for performance scheme on emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: controlled longitudinal study

(2014) M. J. Harrison et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Strategies for Reducing Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions

(2013) T. Freund et al.   ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE

Associations Between Reduced Hospital Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmission Rate and Mortality: 14-Year Experience in 129 Veterans Affairs Hospitals

(2013) Peter J. Kaboli et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Comparison of Hospital Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates Calculated by Using In-Hospital and 30-Day Models: An Observational Study With Implications for Hospital Profiling

(2013) Elizabeth E. Drye et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in Spain: The Spanish National Health Service under scrutiny

(2013) Enrique Bernal-Delgado et al.   HEALTH POLICY

Changes in the Source of Unscheduled Hospitalizations in the United States

(2013) Keith E. Kocher et al.   MEDICAL CARE

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of clinical pathways on length of stay, hospital costs and patient outcomes

(2012) Thomas Rotter et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Acute care inpatients with long-term delayed-discharge: evidence from a Canadian health region

(2012) Andrew P Costa et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Outcomes in elderly Danish citizens admitted with community-acquired pneumonia. Regional differencties, in a public healthcare system

(2012) H.H. Klausen et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Geographic Variations in Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the Tennessee Catchment Area

(2011) Modele O. Ogunniyi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES

Does higher quality primary health care reduce stroke admissions? a national cross-sectional study

(2011) Michael Soljak et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE

National and Regional Trends in Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries, 1998-2008

(2011) Jersey Chen et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Geographic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States

(2011) James Holt et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Policies for reducing delayed discharge from hospital

(2010) K. Bryan   BRITISH MEDICAL BULLETIN

Impact of senior clinical review on patient disposition from the emergency department

(2010) A. L. White et al.   EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL

The association between quality of primary care, deprivation and cardiovascular outcomes: a cross-sectional study using data from the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework

(2010) T. Kiran et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Geographic Disparities in Heart Failure Hospitalization Rates Among Medicare Beneficiaries

(2010) Michele Casper et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Factors Associated with Variability in Outcomes for Children Hospitalized with Urinary Tract Infection

(2009) Patrick H. Conway et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions: terminology and disease coding need to be more specific to aid policy makers and clinicians

(2009) S. Purdy et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

A systematic review of integrated use of disease-management interventions in asthma and COPD

(2009) Karin M.M. Lemmens et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Practice and ethnic variations in avoidable hospital admission rates in Christchurch, New Zealand

(2009) Ross Barnett et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Geographic variations in avoidable hospitalizations in the elderly, in a health system with universal coverage

(2008) Purificacion Magan et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Factors impacting on length of stay and mortality of community-acquired pneumonia

(2008) J. Garau et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION