Reasons for elderly patient hospitalization in departments of internal medicine in Lodz

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Kardas, Przemyslaw ^a   Ratajczky Pakalska, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Admission diagnosis; Cardiovascular disease; Elderly; Geriatrics; Hospitalization; Poland; Reasons for hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PNEUMONIA; POLAND; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0037641160     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324476     Document Type: Article

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