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Article: The Quick and the Dead: "Managing" Inpatient Care in British Columbia Hospitals, 1969-1995/96.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Health Services Research
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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Objective. To examine changes in hospital use in British Columbia during a decade of capacity reductions.
Data Sources/Study Setting. The data used are all separation records for British Columbia hospitals for the years 1969, 1978, 1985/86, 1993/94, and 1995/96. Separation records include acute care, rehabilitation, extended care, and surgical day care hospital encounters in British Columbia that were concluded during the years of interest.
Study Design. Analyses were based on per capita use of services for five-year age groups of the population to ages 90+; the emphasis was on looking at changes in the use of specific types of hospital services over the ...