Classification of long-term care wards and their functional characteristics: analysis of national hospital data in Japan

• Principais autores: Ayumi Igarashi (Autor), Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani (Autor), Kojiro Morita (Autor), Hiroki Matsui (Autor), Claudia K.Y. Lai (Autor), Hideo Yasunaga (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background In a rapidly aging society that has promoted extensive reforms of the healthcare system, clarifying functional patterns in long-term care wards is important for developing regional healthcare policies. This study aimed to classify patterns of inpatient characteristics among Japan...