Socioeconomic status and hospitalization in the very old: A retrospective study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele ^a,b   Ancona, Carla ^c   Forastiere, Francesco ^c   Belleudi, Valeria ^c   Corsonello, Andrea ^b,d   Perucci, Carlo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione San Raffaele   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34848885726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-227     Document Type: Article

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