Variations in hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural and urban Victoria, Australia

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 874-880

  Ansari, Zahid ^a   Dunt, David ^b   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Hospital admission rate

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 35748983520     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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