Loneliness as a predictor of hospital emergency department use

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 801-804

  Geller, Jeffrey ^a   Janson, Paul ^b   McGovern, Elizabeth ^a   Valdini, Anthony ^c  

^a Lawrence Family Practice Residency   (United States)

^b Lawrence General Hospital   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Emergency service, hospital; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033203711     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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