The impact of Parkinson's disease as a comorbid diagnosis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-296

  Phillips, Aaron Ratnaker ^a   Genever, Richard William ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Comorbidity; Elderly; Hospital standardised mortality ratio; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOPLASM; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BENCHMARKING; COMORBIDITY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 79955445879     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr022     Document Type: Article

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