Hospital admissions after transition into unemployment

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-114

  Geyer, Siegfried ^a   Peter, Richard ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health; Inpatient treatment; Morbidity; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038795332     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-003-2103-x     Document Type: Article

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