Is old age necessarily connected with high hospital admission rates?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Vallgarda, Signild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aged; Denmark; hospital admissions

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0033306673     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948990270020101     Document Type: Article

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