Variation in care home admission across areas of Northern Ireland

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-465

  Connolly, Sheelah ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Elderly; Nursing home; Residential home

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649447376     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp070     Document Type: Article

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