Emergency admissions of older people to hospital: A link with material deprivation

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-101

  Bernard, Sylvia ^a   Smith, Lucy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emergency admissions; Health inequalities; older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031959498     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024727     Document Type: Article

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