Determinants of recourse to hospital treatment in the elderly

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-80

  Sona, Alessandro ^a   Maggiani, Guido ^a   Astengo, Marco ^a   Comba, Monica ^a   Chiusano, Valentina ^a   Isaia, Gianluca ^a   Merlo, Chiara ^a   Pricop, Larisa ^a   Quagliotti, Eleonora ^a   Moiraghi, Corrado ^b   Fonte, Gianfranco ^a   Bo, Mario ^a  

^a SCDU Geriatria e Malattie Metaboliche dell'Osso   (Italy)

^b AOU San Giovanni Battista   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856464512     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr008     Document Type: Article

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