Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to medical departments

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Raveh, D ^a,b   Gratch, L ^a,b   Yinnon, A M ^a,b   Sonnenblick, M ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Geriatrics; Internal medicine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444312012     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2004.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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