Research note: Describing Canada's residential continuing care population through an analysis of a national mortality dataset and a provincial hospital dataset

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-131

  Wilson, Donna M ^a   Truman, Corrine D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b University of Alberta ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Continuing care; Hospital utilization; Resident population description

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYING; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PARASITOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; WIDOW;

EID: 0038613826     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800003780     Document Type: Article

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