Demographic factors as predictors for hospital admission in patients with chronic disease

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 562-566

  Brameld, Kate J ^a,b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846133718     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00787.x     Document Type: Article

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