Functional status and use of health care services: Longitudinal study on the older adult population in Spain

Maturitas

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-386

  León Muñoz, Luz María ^a,b   López García, Esther ^a,b   Graciani, Auxiliadora ^a,b   Guallar Castillón, Pilar ^a,b   Banegas, José R ^a,b   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional status; Health care use; Population based cohort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 36349030169     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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