Outcomes and Predicting Factors of Mortality among Newly Admitted Female Medical Inpatients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 491-496

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a   Adhanakul, Punchong Hanviv ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032112811     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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