Hospitalisation of the elderly during the last year of life: An application of record linkage in Western Australia 1985-1994

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 740-744

  Brameld, Kate J ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Bass, A John ^a   Codde, Jim P ^b   Rouse, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Health Information Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY;

EID: 0031720802     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.11.740     Document Type: Article

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