In-patient hospital use in the last years of life: A Western Australian population-based study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-146

  Calver, Janine ^a   Bulsara, Max ^b   Boldy, Duncan ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646247199     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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