My home is my castle! or is it? hospitalizations following home injury in Israel, 1997-2001

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 332-335

  Sikron, Fabienne ^a   Giveon, Adi ^a   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Home; Hospitalization; Injury; Israel

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ISRAEL; JEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3042670187     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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