Emergency medical admissions in Glasgow: General practices vary despite adjustment for age, sex, and deprivation

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 444, 1999, Pages 551-554

  Blatchford, Oliver ^a   Capewell, Simon ^b   Murray, Stan ^b   Blatchford, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Admission rates; Age and sex factors; Emergency medical admissions; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032773381     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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