Impact of dementia on hospitalization

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Guijarro, Ricardo ^a   San Román, Carlos M ^b   Gómez Huelgas, Ricardo ^a   Villalobos, Aurora ^a   Martín, Magdalena ^b   Guil, María ^b   Martínez González, Miguel Ángel ^c   Toledo, Juan B ^d  

^a Hospital General Universitario Carlos Haya   (Spain)

^b Especialidad en Oftalmología Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía Vélez Málaga Málaga   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive disorders; Dementia; Epidemiology; Health services; Internal medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SPAIN; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77953350114     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000311032     Document Type: Article

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