Loneliness and emergency and planned hospitalizations in a community sample of older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1538-1541

  Molloy, Gerard J ^a   McGee, Hannah M ^b   O'Neill, Desmond ^c   Conroy, Ronan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

emergency; healthcare use; loneliness; social isolation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; LONELINESS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77955236240     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02960.x     Document Type: Article

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