Predictors of hospital admissions in the elderly: Analysis of data from the Longitudinal Study on Aging

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1158-1167

  Aliyu, Muktar H ^a,b   Adediran, Abayomi S ^a,b   Obisesan, Thomas O ^a,b  

^a Howard University Hospital ^*

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hospital admissions; Predictors; Race

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345731476     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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