Mortality after the hospitalization of a spouse

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 719-730

  Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,b,c   Allison, Paul D ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STROKE;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32644457434     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa050196     Document Type: Article

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